04-19-2005, 11:40 PM
I'll take a stab at the Horde side of things. All tradeskills would either be dual-gathering (disenchanting/mining or disenchanting/herbing) or Herbalism/Alchemy. You very rarely make money with the production professions (minus Alchemy, since you can make scads from the transmutes); it's more effective to use dual gathering to make money and then use that money to purchase the few crafted items worth using (and/or provide some of the materials if applicable.)
Warrior - Undead. WotF was good before, and with the recent Sheep and Seduce changes, it's truly uber. You now have at least three methods to break fear (four if you're Fury spec), plus you can now break Sheep. Priceless.
Mage - Undead. Kinda falls into this category by default.
Priest - Troll. With the changes to their racial ability, they have the potential to have impressive recovery abilties (25% faster Flash Heals!) Shadowguard is also pretty nice, compared to Devouring Plague.
Hunter - Troll. Falls into this category by default.
Warlock - Orc. No reason other than the fact that I feel Orcs make better Warlocks than Undead. After all, they were doing it way before the Undead were. 5% pet bonus is okay, but it's still only +5 damage when the pet's doing 100.
Rogue - Orc. They stand to make the best use of the improved Blood Fury ability. Activate the ability and open with Ambush (which I heard was improved in relation to Attack Power) with an extra +25% on top of any other talents. They can then Vanish or Stealth away during the 45 seconds of -25% AP.
Shaman - Tauren. Stomp + Improved Ghost Wolf = you live. It's also good for a free Lesser Healing Wave.
Druid - Tauren. No choice here, but Stomp works incredibly well with caster classes.
Warrior - Undead. WotF was good before, and with the recent Sheep and Seduce changes, it's truly uber. You now have at least three methods to break fear (four if you're Fury spec), plus you can now break Sheep. Priceless.
Mage - Undead. Kinda falls into this category by default.
Priest - Troll. With the changes to their racial ability, they have the potential to have impressive recovery abilties (25% faster Flash Heals!) Shadowguard is also pretty nice, compared to Devouring Plague.
Hunter - Troll. Falls into this category by default.
Warlock - Orc. No reason other than the fact that I feel Orcs make better Warlocks than Undead. After all, they were doing it way before the Undead were. 5% pet bonus is okay, but it's still only +5 damage when the pet's doing 100.
Rogue - Orc. They stand to make the best use of the improved Blood Fury ability. Activate the ability and open with Ambush (which I heard was improved in relation to Attack Power) with an extra +25% on top of any other talents. They can then Vanish or Stealth away during the 45 seconds of -25% AP.
Shaman - Tauren. Stomp + Improved Ghost Wolf = you live. It's also good for a free Lesser Healing Wave.
Druid - Tauren. No choice here, but Stomp works incredibly well with caster classes.
ArrayPaladins were not meant to sit in the back of the raid staring at health bars all day, spamming heals and listening to eight different classes whine about buffs.[/quote]
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