The class challenges in WoW cause frustration among players. Even Cortyn doesn’t find much to appreciate about it.
Have you already taken a look at your class challenge in World of Warcraft? They are quite difficult at times, and a large part of the players cannot – and should not – complete them yet.
In principle, I think that difficult content, which only a small percentage of players can overcome, is quite good. This even applies when I personally will probably never get to see that content. In WoW, there are some examples, such as additional bosses on “mythic” difficulty or completely new phases in boss fights.
Not every piece of content is meant for all players, and those who enjoy particularly difficult challenges should also be able to have them – even if other players are denied the rewards.
What I don’t like about the class challenges, however, is the fact that so many classes have been thrown together. Almost always, 4 or 5 specializations share one challenge, which leads to a significant dilution of the task.
They wanted to create challenges that are based on the “Green Fire” quest for Warlocks or the “Blessing/Curse” quest for Priests – but they did not do that. These are not tailored challenges for each specialization, but rather “one-size-fits-all” for several at the same time.
WoW: Defeating the Twins – relatively easy for Frost Mages, extremely difficult for Shadow Priests
And that exactly creates “unfair” situations. Frost Mages can relatively easily complete the “Defeat the Twins” fight if they have a solid amount of life steal on their gear. Shadow Priests rely on the right legendary item and luck – because only when their slowing Shadow Tendril procs, will the enemy be permanently slowed.
Such examples exist for all class challenges. Some characters can – as of now – only succeed if they have the exactly correct legendaries.
Sure, this problem will lessen in the coming weeks and months as the gear improves and the character’s performance increases proportionally. But it is exactly this unfair challenge (with widely varying difficulty among the specializations) that causes great dissatisfaction in the community. Personally, I would have preferred if each specialization had received a truly unique challenge – it can still be extremely difficult.
What do you think of the class challenges? Do you find them good as they are? Or would you have preferred to see an individual challenge for each specialization?
