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The next hero race should be.........
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Post by
2Fang
Demonhunter would be awesome actually. They'd start with an item similar to Cursed Vision (look-wise)!!!
I was thinking something like a Tinker or a Bard but Engineer's basically = Tinker so yeah...
Post by
AarkAkthra
War Priest, or alternately called a Battle Priest.
Able to equip mail armor, able to use 2H maces, able to battle res and buff several resistances and HP. Uses Holy damage heavily, which augments physical damage done as well.
Just a thought. =)
are you serious....? lesse...
change the mail to plate....
take out the battle res and what do you have?! a freaking Pally... Come up with something new guys, not just hybrid after hybrid. (specially no op things like shaman hunter)
Post by
visas
one idea that's come up before is the monk, and I think if developed properly it could be a very fun and effective healing class.
The idea is a melee class that heals it's party while dealing damage. Think of abilities like judgement of light (heals party members when they damage the target), but rather than focusing on party members doing the damage, the monk has to - as he whacks on the enemy his party is passively healed.
Could use a new resource type called 'focus' maybe, something inbetween rage and energy. Builds up as you melee the target, but builds faster than rage and is focused entirely on dealing damage rather than taking it. Once you have full focus you can expend it all at once on special abilities (somewhat similar to how runic power will work for DK's, but you'd need full focus to use an ability, not just partial).
It'd be a popular class i think - one that focuses on melee combat, and more importantly on small weapons (daggers, fist weapons, unarmed attacks, etc). It would not have any abilities that actually improve damage dealt, so all damage would be from autoattack - perhaps talents increasing damage drastically while unarmed would encourage the use of fist weapons or no weapons at all. All abilities would be focused on either control (stuns, slows, roots, interrupts, etc) or healing (attacks that restore mana, health, energy, rage, or runic power to party members).
It'd allow the player to heal while doing something more interactive than clicking on green health bars and hitting the same button over and over again.
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Post by
Denrok
I have 2 ideas for some new future hero classes.
1.
The Ranger
, a hybrid of the hunter and the rogue. Specializes in physical ranged attacks. Probably would have some talents that increase Crit/DPS with bows. But it would not have pets like a hunter. It would however have poison and traps. Also it would be able to dual wield early on but only with Daggers and 1H swords. would have the ability to cloak like a rogue. Best armor would be leather, but could also wear cloth.
2.
The Monk
, a melea class. specializes in hand to hand combat with very fast attacks and good aim for alot of crits. But over all its attacks would be sorta weak compared to other melea classes. Could learn to use fist weapons, also could probly learn to use 1H swords but no dual wielding. Would have a few healing spells but nothing to powerful, WoW has enough healer classes already, and I think it would be awesome for it to have abilities that disarm enemies. Kinda like it grabbed the weapon out of the other characters hands and dropped it on the ground. Would only be able to wear cloth armor.
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Post by
Thana
the problem with a melee/healer hybrid is that if it could only wear cloth armor, it would have no tanking ability whatsoever in raids and groups, and because its heals are very powerful it wouldn't make a main healer in raids or groups. how would pvp work out with a monk?
Nobody could know that yet ;)
Take the typical D&D-monk. The monk gets an armor bonus for every wisdom bonus he has. He has high saving throws on will power attacks, like fear or mind control. On higher levels the monk gets high resists on magic of all kinds. The spells he uses are the same clerics use - buffs, healing, some attack spells. The fists of the monk work like magical weapons on the higher levels and he attacks faster the higher the level gets. He also runs faster the stronger he gets. To cast and get class boni the monk mustnt wear any armor!
Direct casts wouldnt be original enough. The in WoW should be an aura healer, depending on skill tree and maybe damage caused. But threat would be an interesting matter... and in PvP cause of high resists and self healing were wouldnt be much opponents for him - not quite balanced.
I think the monk will be hard to realize unless they wont make him a pure cloth wearing melee class... Otherwise he would be fun to play - an offensive cleric! Yays!
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Thana
Whatabout a priest class like they were in WC3, with bows :D
Lorewise a Nightelven class, not logic for other races. Also you can say that Tyrande and the other moon priestesses of WC3 mostly resemble a hunter-nightelf-priest mix. Starfall is a racial for the priests and arcane shot a typical hunter ability. Besides that Tyrande didnt heal.
But a class which needs an attribute for offense like agility or strength that also powers the healing abilities would be very awesome. On the other hand: Wouldnt the next class most likely fit to the theme of the add on like the DK does? For Emerald Dream maybe a nature class, maybe using bows; for an Azshara expansion maybe the demon hunter?
Unlike visas I doubt that the problem with demons is solved with the sunwell. Kil'Jaeden got defeated - he is still alive though. And all demons were on Draenor? No, the Burning Crusade defeated countless worlds. There will be plenty of demons if they get summoned... A demon hunter would make sense.
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Denrok
True the monk would have many problems to deal with, the main of which being tanking. But I think if he got alot of special abilities like the disarm ability I mentioned he might be suited for... something, probly DPS. Aswell he could have self auras that defend him from a certain type of attack by a large amount.
But what exactly does a demon hunter do? If his soul purpose is to kill demons he aint gonna get along with warlocks to much. and if he uses demons/turns into a demon, it would kinda defeat the purpose of him being a demon
hunter
. then your basicaly left with a melea class that has some talents that increase DPS against demon type enemies.
Post by
Thana
As far as I remember a demon hunter has a fire aura. Maybe there could be many funny spells, making a melee DD with spell support. Who knows? But Demon Hunters were an Nightelven only class. It should be a hero class obtainable for all.
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Post by
Thana
I dont really see why an Alliance char should be able to become a witch doctor... It is a typical troll class. The problem is that sacrificing a party member can be seen as cannibalism - the Darkspears have stopped cannibalism (officially ^^) to join the Horde.
We should try think about a class fitting in every race. So far we have the monk, the tinkerer and the alchy bomb thrower thingy.
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Post by
Denrok
We should try think about a class fitting in every race.
Ya that makes sence but realy, Death knight gnome? Does anybody seriously think WoW will ever have an all-races-allowed class? I think that in terms of a new hero class the only limitation should be that it has to be availabe to the horde and the alliance. and has to be available to more then just 1 race for each side, unlike like Mr.Druid sitting in the corner.
I realy like the idea of
Witch Doctor
,
Monk
, and I still like my idea of
The Ranger
, from above post.
Post by
Thana
That ranger reminds me of the Ranger in D&D. A powerful ranged and melee fighter, specialist to fight in the wilderness and with archenemy races for combat advantages. But most of it is already covered by the hunter.
But I really would like to see another archer type. Maybe like the new legendary bow? An archer creating his own magic arrows? He would still use normal arrows. He could act as an headhunter, using nets and stuff. Well, if you add the melee abilities we have your ranger - i would call him bounty hunter to make him more unique.
Nontheless: One more class using ranged weapons would be nice. Too bad it will be just another DD, but most people like to play DDs anyways...
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