In WoW Classic it is easy to find friends. You just have to play the right classes, then everyone will love you.
Finding friends in a new MMORPG is not easy for many players. Not everyone is a “show-off” or likes to chat animatedly in the various chat channels of the game. However, in WoW: Classic you can drastically increase your chances of finding many friends if you simply play the right classes with the right specializations. Then friends will come (almost) all by themselves.
The prerequisite is that you hang around a lot in the capitals and read the chat channels. There is always a request for the following three classes.
The Protection Warrior
If you play a protection warrior in World of Warcraft Classic and have a bit of skill, you will hardly be able to escape friend and guild offers. Warriors are the epitome of a tank in WoW Classic, as they can be relatively easily equipped and provide a good performance in terms of threat generation and tanking capabilities.
Druid tanks and paladins have a harder time and often struggle with issues, as there is little suitable gear for them or their tanking abilities are not as effective as those of the warrior in almost all respects.
The only major disadvantage is that protection warriors are generally expected to lead the group not only as a tank through the dungeon but also to know the dungeons and set the way – this has hardly changed compared to the current WoW.
Protection warriors are typically the “leaders” of a group and dictate the route. However, this should not be a problem for long, as once it has gotten around that your character is a tank, you will hardly be able to escape group invites. Learning the dungeons will then happen all by itself.
However, playing a protection warrior also comes with a number of disadvantages that should not be forgotten: “Solo leveling” is very difficult. A protection warrior deals little damage and has no self-healing. Completing quests takes a long time, and without a healer or DPS behind you, pulling some common enemies can quickly lead to death. It is best to level up together with other players – whether through quests or dungeons.
Lastly, there are increased repair costs. As a tank, you will traditionally be the first to die. As a plate-wearer, you have to pay more gold for repairs than a cloth-wearer. This can add up quickly.
The Holy Priest
If, for inexplicable reasons, there is no tank shortage in an MMORPG, then there is often a lack of healers instead. The stereotype image of a healer is probably a priestess in white robes who casts soothing light magic on her allies from the back rows. This “stereotype image” is also true in World of Warcraft, as holy priests have been and are for many the epitome of a solid healer.
The heals are strong and suitable for almost every situation. Whether group damage occurs or the tank needs a particularly powerful heal, holy priests have the right answer for every situation.
Even if the fight goes completely off the rails and the priest is immediately killed, that’s no problem. As a spirit of redemption, you continue to heal even after death and then hope that one of the group members is an engineer who has a goblin jumper cable handy. Otherwise, the rest of the group will gladly wait for you to find your way back to the dungeon as a spirit. They have no other choice anyway.
In contrast to novice assistant healers (like druids), you can also simply resurrect fallen group members and do not need to use an endlessly long cooldown for that. This saves time when one or two DPS in a dungeon have overdone it and wanted to have an aggro race.
However, priests share a “problem” with all other healers, and that is the management of multiple spell ranks. In Classic, players could still use lower ranks of spells to consume less mana and heal the missing HP accordingly. This requires practice and can sometimes be quite strenuous to have the same spell four times in the spell bar.
Moreover, you should prepare for long hours, days, or even weeks in which you want to teach your fellow players that they should “click on the fountain of light” when they want healing. That is a concept that damage dealers probably won’t have internalized even in the year 2100.
Lastly, leveling as a healer solo is a torture. Simply chain yourself to a protection warrior, because shared suffering is half the suffering.
The [Something] Mage
If you respond to the interview question “What are your greatest weaknesses?” with a smirk and the remark “That I have too many strengths” you should consider a mage.
Mages in WoW Classic are not only capable of dealing absurd amounts of damage that can literally “one-shot” opponents in PvP, but they also have plenty of abilities that make them the kings and queens of utility.
Polymorph (the sheep) is one of the most reliable crowd control spells in World of Warcraft, working on a variety of enemy types found in nearly all dungeons and can be renewed at any time. This dramatically reduces the burden of enemies that need to be fought simultaneously and thus increases the group’s chance of survival.
Personal teleportations and group portals ensure that one can travel quickly around the world. A great relief in a world where there are no flying mounts and traveling across the continent can take 15-20 minutes due to slow flight routes.
Its Frost Nova can temporarily freeze entire groups of enemies, giving the tank valuable seconds to regain aggro from escaped mobs or letting the panicking priest get to safety.
If you value fine-tuning, you can also distribute particularly cool buffs with “Magic Amplification” and “Magic Dampening” that reduce damage taken or healing received. Particularly strong “melee” opponents delight the healer, who can then squeeze out more healing.
A fire-spec mage can even increase the enemy’s susceptibility to fire damage – even warlocks will love the mage.
In summary, the mage is an asset to any group, and every player likely wants a mage on their friends list because it drastically makes almost all activities in World of Warcraft easier.
However, mages also have the reputation for being a bit hyperactive and love to engage in a DPS race with other (inferior!) classes, often leading to chaos that quickly punishes the mage for its low hit points. Usually, the rest of the group experiences that shortly after.
Or to quote the words of wise Uncle Barlow in closing: “Bread and water keep the downtimes caused by wipes he caused in check, the Int buff allows warriors to talk, and portals shorten the way to the nearest blacksmith.”
What classes will you play in WoW Classic? Do you hope that with your choice you will easily connect and make many friends?
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