World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classes Revealed

July 21, 2006 10:17 AM

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The official World of Warcraft site has been updated, announcing that Blood Elf Paladins and Draenei Shamans will be part of the The Burning Crusade expansion pack for the game, minimizing the difference between the Alliance and the Horde.

In the upcoming expansion, you will finally be able to play classes that were previously unavailable to your faction: the blood elves have harnessed the power of the Light for their own needs, supporting the Horde with renegade blood elf paladins. Meanwhile, the draenei have been granted the wisdom and strength of the elements, and some among the newest members of the Alliance now follow the path of the shaman.

Maarten Goldstein

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mmogger

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July 21, 2006 10:18 AM

Outstanding. I've been saying they need to do this for months.
- -efx-
  
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  July 21, 2006 10:37 AM
  
  Why exactly? This is the sort of game-balancing that ultimately just makes the game bland and irons out the unique differences that would attract certain players to a specific side.
  - Simulacrum
    
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    July 21, 2006 10:44 AM
    
    I agree, this expansion is a travesty. You have cutesy elves on the horde side, beasty dudes on alliance- and now you can be any class on either side. Screw the evening out shit. For me playing Horde was fun because on the server I played on Alliance heavily out numbered us. We were the unloved underdogs, and our Shamans were the offensive equalizer in PvP.
    
    God damn cutesy elf horde paladins... lame.
  - johnny skidmarks
    
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    July 21, 2006 1:49 PM
    
    What do the differences matter in what is essentially a pve game? Its pretty apparent that raid level pve is the focus of the devs. PvP has always been an afterthought. There is little war in World of Warcraft.
    - DM7
      
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      July 21, 2006 1:52 PM
      
      Preach it brother. I wish the pvp in WARcraft was better. :( They promised us seige weapons right after the game came out....remember that? :(
  - mmogger
    
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    July 21, 2006 3:15 PM
    
    A unique class is not the only thing that made the factions unique. I still wouldn't roll an alliance if my life depended on it. I wouldn't play alliance if the only classes available was warriors. I just don't like their entire feel.
    
    That's different enough for me.
    
    As far as why, because trying to balance around two factions, each of which has a class the other doesn't, sucks. As the devs have said, this allows them to flesh out the two classes more than they could previously. Before, they had to keep them somewhat in line so as not to give either side an advantage (well, much of one anyways).
    
    I play a 60 shaman. I'm happy for this change. If I get to 70, and yes, Shaman suck, no one wants us, etc etc, okay, then I'll bitch my head off.
    
    Until then, I'm going to see what happens, and bring on the plate wearing priests to our side.