06-24-2005, 08:34 PM
Certain classes attract certain types, and those types can be reinforced by stereotype.
Many (not all) rogues are antisocial ganker/ninja types, and since there are so many and they have limited group utility, I think it puts a chip on many of their collective shoulders. I can't find a group, so I have nothing better to do then corpse camp this guy for an hour. This the only instance I've gotten into since lvl 20, so I don't understand loot rules and feel compelled to grab everything I can since I don't know when I'll get another group.
Mages who feel compelled to blaze away with everything they have.
Paladins definatly appeal to people who, well, want to run and hide. If you see those bubbles go up and say "DPS be damned, I gotta reroll and get me some of that", you are probably going to stay a n00b. The good paladins that juggle auras, blessings, seals, and judgements aren't obvious, and are probably in pretty short supply.
And maybe I'm not a very good shamen, but I think they are one of the easier classes. There aren't really that many totems, once you weed out the useless and highly situational ones. War Stomp + Ghost Wolf is almost as good a get out of jail free card as a bubble. NS + Heal is almost as good as Bubble Heal. And in any well balanced group, you spend most of your time twiddling your thumbs and hoping you don't wipe before your ankh timer is up.
Just throwing it out there, in general from hardest to easiest,
Priest - lack of DPS, and very responsible for sucess of group
Warrior - no heals, plus tanking is tough
Mage - lack of HP
Rogue - not much armor, considering you have to close to melee
Warlock - a lot of options, gotta watch the shards
Druid - Shift right and you can do anything
Shaman - Watch your mana and you can do anything
Hunter - pet attack, auto shoot, rinse and repeat with no downtime
Pally - Bless, bubble, heal, if you are not a complete noob you are a solid unexciting performer
Many (not all) rogues are antisocial ganker/ninja types, and since there are so many and they have limited group utility, I think it puts a chip on many of their collective shoulders. I can't find a group, so I have nothing better to do then corpse camp this guy for an hour. This the only instance I've gotten into since lvl 20, so I don't understand loot rules and feel compelled to grab everything I can since I don't know when I'll get another group.
Mages who feel compelled to blaze away with everything they have.
Paladins definatly appeal to people who, well, want to run and hide. If you see those bubbles go up and say "DPS be damned, I gotta reroll and get me some of that", you are probably going to stay a n00b. The good paladins that juggle auras, blessings, seals, and judgements aren't obvious, and are probably in pretty short supply.
And maybe I'm not a very good shamen, but I think they are one of the easier classes. There aren't really that many totems, once you weed out the useless and highly situational ones. War Stomp + Ghost Wolf is almost as good a get out of jail free card as a bubble. NS + Heal is almost as good as Bubble Heal. And in any well balanced group, you spend most of your time twiddling your thumbs and hoping you don't wipe before your ankh timer is up.
Just throwing it out there, in general from hardest to easiest,
Priest - lack of DPS, and very responsible for sucess of group
Warrior - no heals, plus tanking is tough
Mage - lack of HP
Rogue - not much armor, considering you have to close to melee
Warlock - a lot of options, gotta watch the shards
Druid - Shift right and you can do anything
Shaman - Watch your mana and you can do anything
Hunter - pet attack, auto shoot, rinse and repeat with no downtime
Pally - Bless, bubble, heal, if you are not a complete noob you are a solid unexciting performer