Which melee class to create?

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So i'm currently leveling a druid, but everyone needs an alt as you know :p. I'm thinking of creating either a warrior, paladin or death knight. I'd preferably tank with this class, ofcourse dps too at times. I just don't have enough time to level all 3 to like level 70 to find out what i'd prefer. Death knight feels kinda cheesy, tho mines only at 58. Any opinions welcome! :D
 
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I'd go with a pally. Only plate class who can roll on intellect. :p

I hate f'ing pallies though. :mad:

/rogue
 
do warrior, if u can level him real quick, and get shadowmourne somehow, u can OWN the damage meters in ICC ><
 
I'd go with Warrior.

I enjoy him far more than my Shaman, DK and all other chars i raided with in BC / classic.
Capable of enormous DPS.
 
Ok so if I choose a warrior and get 3 herloom pieces for him to equip for leveling, how much faster will leveling be? I leveled a warrior some time back and it was painful.
 
dal2000 said:
Ok so if I choose a warrior and get 3 herloom pieces for him to equip for leveling, how much faster will leveling be? I leveled a warrior some time back and it was painful.
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With BoE Shoulders + Chest you will level 20% faster.
 
would be nice if the rogues got some love from blizzard, warriors and dk's are out dpsing rogues on a large scale these days, what the fnuck blizz!!
 
Warrior

Why I reckon warrior
-great, if not best, all round tank.
-fury dps, if geared and played right, is great for raiding
-arms is one of the most op specs for pvp of any bracket, arena, bg's, whatever. It's also awesome for solo levelling up.

Why not DK?
-niche tank. OK for raiding, problematic for newbs to the class for tanking. You hear a lot of emo about bad dk tanks, within reason. It's not at all an easy class to master. Sure you can faceroll, but you're going to be another bad dk. Juggling runes and runic power alongside cooldowns is challenging, most people don't get it right, turn out hating it and dumping the class rather than adapting. It doesn't play like any other class, completely unique.
-both frost and unholy are great at pve dps, but not the best ever. Other classes will beat unholy at single target/burst, or they'll beat frost at aoe.
-total rubbish at pvp at 80. Absolute garbage. It's ridiculous how bad this class is at it.

Why not paladin
-Seriously, the world doesnt need any more damn paladins. Most overpopulated class in WoW. Do you want to be just another 'pink dot' among the alerady zillions of them out there? Facerolling gets boring fast, too.

Of course, if you wanted to focus purely on melee dps, i'd suggest a rogue. There's a massive shortage of them and they remain the best at single target melee dps, ret pallies/dk's/warriors can do well but a rogue who knows his stuff and is appreciably geared will kick their arses any day of the week.

Also, why not drood? Bear tanks are awesome, and the class gives you so much versatility and choice.
 
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how much faster will leveling be?
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Massive. Warrior is all about having good gear, even when levelling. If you have heirlooms, this takes care of that problem. Especially weapon. Get a heirloom weapon with fiery or crusader on it and you will blitz through the levels. See it's all about rage. The more damage you do with your white hits(autoattacks), the more rage you generate, the more rage you can dump with huge killer moves like Heroic Strike and Slam and Mortal Strike and stuff. Unlike, say, a mage, which scales more linearly, still doing ok dps with crap gear and slighlty better dps as it's gear improves. Warriors either do cr4p dps, or sick dps. There's no real middle ground.

I had fun levelling my warrior as prot with heirlooms. #1 on dps charts while tanking, lol. New, buffed Revenge is imba. Kinda stalled out at 59 with Cataclysm coming though. Not sure if i want to tank any more. Burnout. ;)
 
I've not played a warr, so I'm not going to comment on that - I'm planning to roll one for Catacalysm though - and like Skurm I'll advise against paladin, as I not so cordially detest the class intensely.

Druid is a fantastic class though, incredibly versatile, and a lot of fun to play, so why not carry on with that one? Other than that I've found DK to be quite a lot of fun, & really enjoy mine. It is pretty tricky to get used to initially though, and given the class is getting a major overhaul & redesign for Catacalysm, just about the time you're getting used to the class & are doing well with it you'll be faced with having to learn how to play it all over again, so you *might* want to wait there. They level like absolute demons though - 55-80 took me something like 3 days played at my very casual pace - so for a not too significant investment of time you can get a pretty good idea of whether you like the class or not, right up to current content.
 
i love my noskilladin that i am levelling, literally just a faceroll questing :P

and no bear tanks is not awesome they are the weakest tanks in icc, aoe threat big no, single is weakest and they avoidance is crappy . I have played all tank classes, my bear seems to be the weakest.

i suggest using raf even if you just multibox it( /follow) then you pay a random guy boosting you, goes pretty quick that way, no more painfull vanilla quests
 
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Massive. Warrior is all about having good gear, even when levelling. If you have heirlooms, this takes care of that problem.
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Real men level warriors with grey gear !!! OK. until level 20 at least, after that isnt possible to kill anything :D
 
I'm going to go with Skurm and BacchusZA's advice. I'll stick to the druid untill cata and then roll a warrior when it launches. I'll also play the DK when I get a bit tired of the druid and to keep my melee taste happy :).

on another note, anyone from Twilights Hammer? :p Looking to create a guild when I hit 80.
 
haha, Definitely a hunter wep

ah the good old days
 
Hymn said:
Shadowmourne

223 Strength
198 Stamina
114 Critical Strike
114 Armor Penetration

No, definately not a Hunter weapon.
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Didn't you know? EVERYTHING is hunter lewt!

F'ing hate huntards. Always roll on my rogue's expertise gear & daggers. :mad:
 
Yup delicious hunter loot !!!!!

All that wonderfull strength scaling over to our pet !!!!

3 x sockets !

No doubt about it... hunter loot !
 
Voicy said:
Didn't you know? EVERYTHING is hunter lewt!

F'ing hate huntards. Always roll on my rogue's expertise gear & daggers. :mad:
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Oi be quiet rouge !!! Everyone knows raid leaders only take rogues with to act as mules and carry pots for the REAL DPS boys (aka hunters) **grin**
 
I have 2 casters (both 80) and wanted to try a melee. Chose Warrior and haven't looked back :D Love my Orc Warrior. Pwning DPS in instances (he's only lvl 50 now) and there is no down time at all. Just charge and mash faces :D
 
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