Not completely sure this belongs here...

[JaedxRapture]

I have a question about my next class choice.
I'm planning on rolling a Draenei when the BC expansion comes out, and I cannot decide which class to choose.

I want a class that I can solo decently to 70 (a mixture of questing and grinding), and still be in moderate demand for groups.

I have a Hunter that is only days away from 60, and I have a Mage that is about 40. So, I have no intention of rolling those classes again.
Can anyone suggest which of the four remaining classes - Priest, Paladin, Warrior or Shaman - would be good for soloing and grouping, and why?

Thanks.

[DarthMuffin]

Well, I have a 60 mage but I'm rolling a BE mage in BC =)

But of the other classes, I think most of them are pretty good all around for both solo and grouping. I'm leveling an orc shaman at the moment and he's good at questing/grinding. Group playing was a bit harder for me to get used to, as I'm used to exclusively do DPS.

Priests enjoy the too extremes. Very fast grinding when shadow spec, but you'll end up being the healer everytime in groups.

I never really played a paladin, but I heard that they are great at solo until the 40s, when their damage kind of drops. I never played warriors.

Just my 2 cps.

[JaedxRapture]

Well, I have a 60 mage but I'm rolling a BE mage in BC =)

But of the other classes, I think most of them are pretty good all around for both solo and grouping. I'm leveling an orc shaman at the moment and he's good at questing/grinding. Group playing was a bit harder for me to get used to, as I'm used to exclusively do DPS.

Priests enjoy the too extremes. Very fast grinding when shadow spec, but you'll end up being the healer everytime in groups.

I never really played a paladin, but I heard that they are great at solo until the 40s, when their damage kind of drops. I never played warriors.

Just my 2 cps.
Thanks, but that made my decision harder. :undecided:
I still don't know which to choose. For the most part, I'll be soloing till about level 45-50, and that's when I'll begin grouping (while still trying to solo the bulk of my leveling).

[MixiMan]

IMHO it depends on what you are willing to do in Groups:

Priest paladin and shaman will put you in a healing spot mostly while a warrior will put you in the tank spot. IM a mage so i may be wrong about the following.

Warrior is very hard to make a spec that isnt suited for tanking but still be able to tank, i heard that this is a very fun warrior spec to play, because it requires skill and also a very decent gear setup.

Shaman can actually rule in DPS but you need very good gear, which equalls a decent guild to optain the gear but you will then again be forced to heal in the instance runs until you have the gear required to DPS.

Priest will level very fast (shadow spec) but you will eventually have to be the healer in every group run on anything, but i think a priest is not that gear dependant.

Finally for the paladin, i hate them because they always kill me and im horde. So i dont know anything about that class.


So i have to say that it is of somewhat importance what you like most about the game:
-Leveling a toon to 60
-Playing in endgame
-just hang with mates having a good time playing a game

Dont know if this helps :)

Cheers

[DarthMuffin]

I would think twice about rolling a warrior myself. I never played one, but saw many during my questing/grinding periods. Some of them simply couldn't kill enemies. They didn't die, but did very little damage. I would imagine that they are either extremely gear dependant, or those I saw were protection spec'ed. If the later is true, then by all means don't go protection when solo grinding.

If you really feel like healing, you should definitely give priests a go.

Of the choices you listed, I would personally go with a shaman, since I believe they are a bit less streamlined as healers than paladins. I could be wrong though, but I hear more pallies complaining about their class role than shamans. Or it might be because there are more pallies than shammies =)

[Idol]

Us warriors level at an average rate, but we are very gear dependant. So if your running around in greens 5 lvls below you, it'll go slowly, however, if you have a nice blue weapon (Whirlwind Axe comes to mind) you can get a very respectable xp/hr. I maneged to get 32k xp/hr just after lvl 30, that felt good ;D

Good warriors are always in demand, but only as a tank, no dpsing for you. So this just means you'll have to carry a sword n' board around with you too. It's very boring at lower levels, where you just spam sunder, but some of the higher instances provide encounters that make you work.

We are absolutely awesome in group PvP, and still rock in solo PvP.

Oh, and Mages own us 99 times out of 100.

P.S. If you spec fury, you'll level a little faster but you'll give up the burst damage needed in PvP. Arms is a little slower but MS is a godly skill. Prot makes me puke.

[JaedxRapture]

I'm beginning to think about giving up on my ~40 Mage and starting one of them..
I don't want to be a healer, really, and that'll be my job in instances with Shaman, Paladin or Priest. And I want to be able to solo level pretty quickly, and my Mage got to around 40 in no time.

[DarthMuffin]

If I may, I'd like to throw some more dust in the debate.

You say that you don't want to heal. Is it the healing itself that you don't like, or being *forced* to heal? Because if your issue is with being forced to do something, rolling a warrior won't be any better than a priest.

I'm just asking, because as far as I am concerned, I wouldn't mind playing a healer class. It's having to heal *all the time* that makes me stay away from these classes. It's the same with warriors.

[MJPana]

since you're alliance im goin to say go shaman, they will be in high demand if u can level one relatively quick, not to mention how fun they are. ive played one to 37 so far and i love it, once u get to lvl 30 and get windfury the lvling just gets so much easier. thats me 2c

[JaedxRapture]

It's having to heal *all the time* that makes me stay away from these classes. It's the same with warriors.
That's the main part. I wouldn't mind tanking as much, but I wanted to actually stay away from those two roles. I don't like that I'd basically have no spot except as a tank/healer in a group.

since you're alliance im goin to say go shaman, they will be in high demand if u can level one relatively quick, not to mention how fun they are. ive played one to 37 so far and i love it, once u get to lvl 30 and get windfury the lvling just gets so much easier. thats me 2c
I think that's going to be my next role after Mage.

[MixiMan]

That is a good point!

Dont do anything you dont want to do!

But if you have to do it, do it right.

This statement implies that you have to think before you act. Simply put, as i tried earlier(is that the way it is spelled?)
Do what you want to do.

And i am now rolling a priest just because i think i can heal better than any other person around!

How hard can in be?!

DUST...

Cheers

[Seluhir]

If you wanna go for a solo class:
Hunter, Shaman, and Shadowpriest would probably be your best bets...

[Cychwyn]

since you're alliance im goin to say go shaman, they will be in high demand if u can level one relatively quick, not to mention how fun they are. ...

In high demand, maybe. On the other hand, how many gazillion players will pick just that combination just to try it? If you're a member of a guild/regular group and you've convinced them you're a good player in general, you may have a chance of being picked for groups, but if you are counting on PUG to some extent...