help me choose a class for allianceFollow

No spellcaster in WoW can use ranged weapons except for wands sadly but I guess you'd like Hunter since with appropriate character builds they can do somewhat decent melee damage as well.

For a general overlook: WoW Classes

Not every hunter is dependent on their pets, there are different character builds you can go with to suit the game style you want to play. And the new changes for talent trees of hunters seems really decent to me. (I don't have much experience with hunters since the only hunter I played is level 45). Someone more experienced can help you on this and you may want to check Hunter Class forums.

Sounds to me you want a hunter.
Swords, guns/bows.

Honestly for a first time player you cant go wrong. They are a great learning class. You will find when you hit 60 you may want to make another class but at least then you know the ropes.

Edited, Dec 20th 2006 8:28pm by lauisifer

thx people i think i will get a hunter. it sounds fun. i will probley base my styl around being a marksman.
thx alot
whatuknow

hunters are a fun class to lvl with but they're really not important in raids. basically, they're generic. they can't do more ranged dps than a mage, can't take like a warrior, can't heal like a priest, and don't do more melee dps than a rogue so if people can get those classes in their groups then they usually get those. heck, i've even been kept out of a group because of a warlock who was going to summon some of the members there. hunters are only good if we hit crits very often, otherwise there's no point really. i'm a hunter and i will never role a hunter-like character again unless they are very useful. but they're great for beginning players :) lol

if i were you, i'd make more than one character. you can play on one while the other(s) builds up rest xp (if you log out in an inn or capital city then they can go up to 150% of a total level with double xp, which means when you play on them they'll earn double xp until they run out of rest.) and then play on the other one(s). some people say you won't have enough money to support 'em all but it's the other way around, if you get different professions with each one then you'll have lots of money, especially if you like one better than the other(s) and decide to make that one your main then he'll have the best gear and such. hunters use the guns/bow (they also use melee too while they're leveling) and mages have the casting dps without heals and of course rogue and warrior have different playstyles than the previous two mentioned.

I have a hunter and I love to play on it. But I swear every 1 out of 3 PCs I see is a hunter. I mean hunters are by far the most used class. Heck my hunter doesnt even know the meaning of the word "parties". Not only are hunters not needed for raids but theirs so many of them, even if a group did need one your chance to actually be that hunter is like 33%. So then divide that by the 3 other big distance damagers (balance druid, mage, warlocks) and your left with 11%. Odds are so not nice.... Luckily I made my hunter for solo-ing. And it is by far the funnest solo-er I have.


What about a worager of the Dwelf race?

But in all seriousness, go with a hunter. It has 2 of the 3 things you want most out of a class (Even though you wont be using your sword very often, unless you specc survivability).