Blizzard has a lot of ideas for new classes in World of Warcraft. 15 of them have now appeared – and they all sound good.
World of Warcraft already has a variety of classes and specializations – but there could be many more. Because a new survey from Blizzard suggests: The developers have a lot planned and over a dozen ideas for new classes or specializations.
Where does the information come from? The site Chromie.de has received the information and images from a person who was selected for Blizzard’s survey. You may have also been asked in recent days if you want to participate in a survey. Participants were actually asked to treat the survey confidentially, but it is now being discussed in numerous forums.
The survey included several ideas for new class concepts for World of Warcraft.
What class concepts were discussed? A total of 15 proposals for classes or specializations were presented. Some are a bit more extensive, others a bit shorter. The names are:
- Apothecary
- Leyweaver
- Gunslinger
- Heavenly Spear Fighter
- Spellbreaker
- Titan Slayer
- Tinkerer
- Prismatic (possibly incorrectly translated and rather “Prismancer”)
- Gunman
- Astrologer (possibly incorrectly translated and rather “Astromancer”)
- Witch
- Necromancer
- Constructor
- bard
- Battle Mage
- Guardian
What stands out? Many of the presented ideas sound reasonable and have already some story approaches. For example, “Witches” are based on the witches from Drustvar or the Harvest Witches from Gilneas. Bards have discovered the power of music, triggered by the “Radiant Song” that many beings of Azeroth currently hear.
Apothecaries (especially among the Forsaken) are just as rooted in the lore as battle mages and necromancers, and tinkers would fit well into the world. Everything sounds coherent.
When will this be implemented? First of all, there is of course the question of which of these concepts are actually being considered for World of Warcraft. At first glance, ideas like the necromancer, astromancer, or even prismancer sound well thought out and convincing – but all the others would also be conceivable.
However, it is likely that we will not see these ideas in the next expansion “Midnight”. Because Midnight is expected to appear in about a year, which means that the expansion’s features are probably already far advanced. Conducting a survey for it would therefore likely be much too late. It is more likely that we will see a potential implementation only in The Last Titan
or even later when the World Soul saga is over. After all, Chris Metzen has already confirmed that there is still much more to come afterwards.
Another option is that Blizzard does not want to invent entirely new classes, but instead is working on additional specializations for the individual classes. After all, 15 different concepts were presented in the survey. This is nearly the number of classes in World of Warcraft (13). It is also possible that a completely new class shares two specialization concepts, while all others receive one specialization each.
Whether and when these ideas will actually make their way into reality remains to be seen. But it is nice to see that Blizzard apparently still has a lot of ideas and suggestions on how to expand the playable characters and further develop the system.
Which class or specialization would you look forward to? What is still missing in World of Warcraft and what is not needed at all? Could you imagine playing a bard?
New in Midnight is also the housing system – fans have been waiting for it for ages.
