Choosing the right alt

[Arethor]

I realize I'm not as knowlegeable about all the classes, but as you'll see by my signature I've atleast tried them all out. Sorry if it's a bit lengthy but just putting down my thoughts about each class. This also reminds me that I need to update a few of my alts' status :lol:

Warlock - My first character was a Warlock. A little bit of a difficult grind as I soloed most of his levels. Because I couldn't find groups I also skipped instances entirely (Still never done a full Sunken Temple or BFD run with him) or only ran them once (Maraudon). When he hit 57 I started gearing him up from the end-game casual instances (Scholo/Strat/DM) Once I capped and started looking to make some more money to get my Dreadsteed I found it to be a little tedious to farm. I had no problem of survivability but I'd be medium to low on mana after each fight. Long story short, while I love my warlock I wouldnt' suggest him for your purposes

Mage - A mage would be a good alternative if you wanted to go cloth. Portable Food and Water dispenser. But I've noticed my mage isn't always the quickest to level. He's very fragile at early levels. Most even level mobs can be burned down before, or as they reach you, but if you get 2 or 3, you're done for. Only now after I have Blink (Level 20 iirc) is it becoming easier to solo.

Rogue - Decent soloers, the ability to stun most mobs allow for both crowd control and for an escape mechanism. In my opinion one of the quicker leveling classes. Good for farming at endgame, bring a stack of bandages and you can farm at a pretty good rate for an extended time. A little more equipment reliant than some other classes, requires you to have a decent weapon to be able to put out optimal damage.

Hunter - Hunter's are very quick levelers. I started mine on Stormrage as a duo partner with Pesmerga's warrior. We moved through the first bunch of levels quickly with only minimal time played. When Pesmerga was away for a week I quickly gained 5 levels (12-17) while still primarily focusing on both my warlock and rogue.

Warrior - Early on the only drawback seems to be DPS. Able to take large amounts of damage, and with a combination of Arms/Fury (you don't plan on instances so no worries about being a full "Tank") You'll be able to put out good damage later on. My brother's 60 warrior is actually quite capable of pulling 3 or 4 mobs and taking them out quite quickly.

Paladin - For the purposes you're looking I'd just say that you should be glad you rolled Horde :P

Shaman - My shaman has been quite easy to solo up once he got some decent gear (Read Quest Rewards and low level drops) Able to put out burst damage, take a small bit of a beating and self-healing makes for a nice combination when soloing. I haven't really gotten to play a shaman to end-game so don't know how viable they are for farming and such.

Druid - Similar to Shamans in some respects, although I don't think I have enough experience with a druid (especially after the new patch) to make a suggestion either way on them.

Edit: click the Full character list link in my profiel to see all the toons I've played. Lazarum is now 24, Zane is now 33, Elreth is now 19, and Bordann(Stormrage) is now 17 :)