What level did you get to?
Posted: June 5th, 2010, 19:19
It's an interesting little survey, which level have you got a character to in each of the classes? On the surface it might look like the ones you didn't play long are the ones which suit you least, but it's not necessarily so. Anyway, here's mine (roughly);
Shaman - 80
Paladin - 67
Death Knight - 58
Warlock - 39
Druid - 24
Mage - 23
Warrior - 20
Hunter - 19
Rogue - 17
Priest - 7
It's interesting that the order the classes are in aren't the order of preference though. I started with Shaman because they were a versatile class with a bit of technique required, having already played a hunter for 19 levels in another trial account. While I don't regret it, and consider myself to be a Shaman first, I think I'd have come through with whatever my first character was as my main.
Paladin might be my second longest played, but much of this comes down to it being a welcome break from levelling my main. I found playing a Paladin to be easy and uncomplicated, and probably got 40 of the levels while my Shaman was in Outlands. That's probably partly a reflection on the difficulty of playing mid-level Shamans and partly my dislike for Outlands.
Death Knights always throw the stats out in little surveys like this, because they start at 50. Consider that I only played mine for 8 levels, and then it was an Alliance bank alt for cross faction pet-trading. It's not that they're not fun to play, more that I still remember the explosion of retard DKs declaring how wonderful they were in every channel when Lich King came out.
Warlock is my current favourite alt. The strange combination of caster/pet class/tank is refreshingly different from anything else I've played in any MMO, and it feels like I'm actively taking part in the combat even at such a low level. In reality, I follow a strict rotation that's so predictable it's partially macrod, but it feels interesting.
Druid is a funny one. I really want to like them, and they're by far the most versatile class in the game. However, in order to level them effectively you really have to go DPS (as with every other class), which means the rogue-like cat form at low levels. This has led to me very quickly leveling to around 20, then finding it very difficult to continue.
Mage I was enjoying, and really the only reason I stopped playing the class is because I started playing a Warlock and found that, as a caster class, I preferred it.
Warrior I was determined to like, but I really had to horse myself to play as long as I did, hoping that it got better later. However, in the end I got a portal to Dalaran and threw him off. For a well armoured melee class I found both their offensive and defensive capability to be stunningly poor at low level.
My Hunter I rather like. She has a pink flamingo, and a name that might lead one to believe she's actualy male. Again, I've found as pet class to be entertaining, but ultimately I'm put off playing her by the reputation Hunters have. In order to put the effort into levelling a character there has to be an end game to play, and the (partly justified) reputation Hunters have leads me to think I'd struggle there. Alternatively, compared to the other pure DPS classes at 80 (Mage, Warlock), they don't seem to have a strong role.
The Rogue. Second only to the Warrior in how little I liked them. Again tainted by a bad reputation for attracting a certain type of player, I actually found the class to be very slow to play and easy to cock up. Sneaking about picking targets off just didn't hold the same appeal as wading into a group and hacking them to tiny pieces.
The priest was a funny one. I didn't dislike playing him, but leveling as a shadow priest even at such a low level was looking like a grind. That wasn't what put me off though, I wanted a bank alt and I'd decided Priest was the class to be I didn't have room for two Priests on the server, so he got deleted and replaced by another Priest. Salut, Pearljet, you're still missed.
Shaman - 80
Paladin - 67
Death Knight - 58
Warlock - 39
Druid - 24
Mage - 23
Warrior - 20
Hunter - 19
Rogue - 17
Priest - 7
It's interesting that the order the classes are in aren't the order of preference though. I started with Shaman because they were a versatile class with a bit of technique required, having already played a hunter for 19 levels in another trial account. While I don't regret it, and consider myself to be a Shaman first, I think I'd have come through with whatever my first character was as my main.
Paladin might be my second longest played, but much of this comes down to it being a welcome break from levelling my main. I found playing a Paladin to be easy and uncomplicated, and probably got 40 of the levels while my Shaman was in Outlands. That's probably partly a reflection on the difficulty of playing mid-level Shamans and partly my dislike for Outlands.
Death Knights always throw the stats out in little surveys like this, because they start at 50. Consider that I only played mine for 8 levels, and then it was an Alliance bank alt for cross faction pet-trading. It's not that they're not fun to play, more that I still remember the explosion of retard DKs declaring how wonderful they were in every channel when Lich King came out.
Warlock is my current favourite alt. The strange combination of caster/pet class/tank is refreshingly different from anything else I've played in any MMO, and it feels like I'm actively taking part in the combat even at such a low level. In reality, I follow a strict rotation that's so predictable it's partially macrod, but it feels interesting.
Druid is a funny one. I really want to like them, and they're by far the most versatile class in the game. However, in order to level them effectively you really have to go DPS (as with every other class), which means the rogue-like cat form at low levels. This has led to me very quickly leveling to around 20, then finding it very difficult to continue.
Mage I was enjoying, and really the only reason I stopped playing the class is because I started playing a Warlock and found that, as a caster class, I preferred it.
Warrior I was determined to like, but I really had to horse myself to play as long as I did, hoping that it got better later. However, in the end I got a portal to Dalaran and threw him off. For a well armoured melee class I found both their offensive and defensive capability to be stunningly poor at low level.
My Hunter I rather like. She has a pink flamingo, and a name that might lead one to believe she's actualy male. Again, I've found as pet class to be entertaining, but ultimately I'm put off playing her by the reputation Hunters have. In order to put the effort into levelling a character there has to be an end game to play, and the (partly justified) reputation Hunters have leads me to think I'd struggle there. Alternatively, compared to the other pure DPS classes at 80 (Mage, Warlock), they don't seem to have a strong role.
The Rogue. Second only to the Warrior in how little I liked them. Again tainted by a bad reputation for attracting a certain type of player, I actually found the class to be very slow to play and easy to cock up. Sneaking about picking targets off just didn't hold the same appeal as wading into a group and hacking them to tiny pieces.
The priest was a funny one. I didn't dislike playing him, but leveling as a shadow priest even at such a low level was looking like a grind. That wasn't what put me off though, I wanted a bank alt and I'd decided Priest was the class to be I didn't have room for two Priests on the server, so he got deleted and replaced by another Priest. Salut, Pearljet, you're still missed.
