What Class/Race Should I Be?Follow

Hello, I have been playing world of warcraft for nearly 3 weeks and i cant seem to find a class or race i want to be in.


Here are my Requirements
Many abilitys
Wicked insane mount
Able to use Ranged attacks or spells
High amounts of damage
Able to make money fast
On the Alliance

Please tell me what your opinions

THANKS,
Darkkeep

PS: im in the realm SCARLET CRUSADE and there are tons of warriors

Edited, Dec 23rd 2006 11:03am by DarkKeep

^ I was thinking the same thing locks fit in to that really well. Hunters possibly too, but we only get racial mounts so it depends on your race.

True. The mounts, in order of insaness (is that a real word?):

1st place (tie): Raptor (Troll) and Mechanostrider (Gnome)
3rd place: Undead horse (Forsaken)
4th place: Kodo (Tauren)
5th place (tie again): Wolf (Orc) and Riding Cat (Night ELf)
7th Place: Ram (Dwarf)
8th Place: Horse (Human)

So, you could be a troll hunter and still have an insane mount, but then you wouldn't be Alliance.

Undead definitely fit the part....

Except for "On the Alliance"...

Like others have said, it sounds like warlocks would fit what you're looking for... although if you've seen the BE Pally mount that thing looks insane imo. Probably one of the better mounts imo. But, they get basically 2 ranged attacks, one is only 10 yards so don't know if you want to count that or not. They also aren't exactly that high in damage. So those two rule it out right there.

Warlocks have insane damage (often times I see them top damage meters in raids I go on, with hunters and mages up there also) with lots of abilities to choose from. Various curses, dd spells, dots, pets with various abilities... The mount looks pretty nice, like I said the damage is high. Because they have a pet and abilities to convert health into mana they can make money fairly easily. Put pet on something, dot it, rinse and repeat... use abilities to get mana at cost of life then drain the life back. Alliance does have several races who can be locks. Come the expansion it wont matter as much which side you pick, as there wont be side specific classes.

I would like to put a small disclaimer on chosing a lock though... they are, imo, the most expensive class to level. Even though they are efficient farmers (well in theory) this is limited at lower levels due to bag space. Which is another problem with locks. A good deal of spells and pets take soul shards to cast. So unless you have a LOT of bag room at a low level you'll be running to a vendor quite often. Also of note is that one reason I say they are the most expensive to level is because not only do you buy abilities for yourself, but you also buy your pet's abilities, which are close if not equal to your own. Shelling out double what other classes pay for abilites every 2 levels adds up quickly. Other classes have it bad also, due to high amounts or totally replacing their armor at 40.

Edited, Dec 24th 2006 1:39am by Tomec

I could have worded that better... I meant that there will be no more side only classes. So Shammy aren't horde only and Pally aren't only for the alliance. For example, the OP said he wanted to be alliance so that ruled out Shammy right off the bat until BC.

The solution to bag space: don't use a soul bag. In the early levels, you can get by with a (very) small number of soul shards, so why waste a bag slot for it. As soon as you can get all 16-slotters, keep only six to eight shards in one (NORMAL) bag. If shards interfere with loot, you can toss out a shard and replace it with loot.

Solution to money problems: From the FAQ - and this is good for any class, not just warlocks.

I think both warlock and hunter fit in the role pretty well, but of course hunters get racial mounts, warlock gets class mount, but that doesn't mean you can't like a Black War Tiger (or whatver) better than a spiky dreadstred (of course that won't be me, but it could happen).

It's true that at high levels (beyond 40), nothing beats a shard bag. But, I levelled to 60 before shard bags - and never had a problem with shard management then. I still don't. Under L40, a shard bag is just a drain of a bag slot that can be used to better purpose. I have no idea why Blizz gives us a shard bag so early, when it really is more of a hinderance than needed. Maybe it was a sop to the QQ crybabies in the o-forums who couldn't manage their shards if their life depended on it.