Which class to start fresh with?

[gotmilk0112 10]

I'll be rolling a fresh account on the PvE server when it launches, and was wondering what class would be best to start with?

 

I want to main a Warrior tank, but I know from experience that leveling a Warrior is a pain in the попа, even with lots of gold to buy greens/blue weapons. So obviously leveling a warrior first is not a good idea.

 

When starting on Kronos I leveled a Mage first, and that seemed to work out fine. It seemed fairly easy to level without any external financial assistance, with skinning/tailoring giving some extra gold and crafting my own gear. And then later on, I can use that mage to farm DM East for easy money.

 

Is there a better choice, though? In terms of both leveling it easily without financial assistance, and being able to use it to make gold later on to fund my Warrior's leveling.

[Basically 0]

...It doesnt matter what to start fresh with, Play what you want to play...other wise you will be bored and get burnt out quickly on it. Mages are my forte so i always play that. It is easy to farm gold with at 60, you get cheap and quick travels with portals, and free food and water

[Tholren 7]

I'll main a rogue. Why? Easy, eventually TBC will roll around and I will have all the dkp to spend on those glaives. /Legit plan.

[gotmilk0112 10]

...It doesnt matter what to start fresh with, Play what you want to play...other wise you will be bored and get burnt out quickly on it.

I explained why I want to carefully choose what I start with.

 

Warriors are the most painful class to level, so doing it without any external financial assistance would be even more painful.

 

Mages on the other hand, are easy to level without spending any extra gold on them.

 

So, a good game plan would be to level a Mage first to build up some gold and then level a Warrior so I can make leveling easier with greens/blues and blue weapons.

 

I was just wondering if there was a better choice than Mage.

Edited November 22, 2016 by gotmilk0112

[kegboy 8]

no thats stupid just level one guy. its a waste of time to make a mage to grind for your warrior

[gotmilk0112 10]

Well, I'm going to level a Mage at one point or another for DM East farming, so I might as well do it first so that I can level a warrior with extra assistance and have it be much less painful.

[kegboy 8]

sounds stupid have fun 

[Lifealert 19]

demon hunter because it's new and exciting

[eyeofhal9000 0]

Just go fury warrior (this will take care of leveling your 1 handed skills) along with fishing/cooking to keep yourself healed in between fights and you'll do fine.

 

My main is going to be a mage and will have a warrior alt. but it's doable going all out warrior first if you know what you are doing.

[Undertanker 88]

@eyeofhal  you level fury as 2H to avoid additional miss penalty.

 

@gotmilk you mention that warrior leveling is a pain even with greens/blues.   So if it is a pain regardless, doesn't seem it should be your deciding factor.   It would actually be easier being over populated on fresh realm since those big "camps" that you'll usually die in trying to get that 1 item will be cleared out most times and you can get a lot more 1 vs 1 against mobs.  That is what I experienced on Nost day 1 leveling from warrior and it was that way until the mid 30s.

 

I think the more important question is, what do you want to do raiding wise for your warrior?    If you are wanting to Tank in raids, I highly recommend making the warrior your first to 60.  Raid tanks are usually a cut throat market, and have a much less revolving door than other classes/specs.   Getting 60 quick, getting a lot of your pre-raid BiS can get your foot into the door as a MT, 2nd/3rd or even 4th guild tank.  You'll have everybody in your guild needing 5 mans, if you can be there tanking those for them, they'll quickly be more comfortable with seeing you as the tank and you can establish that roll for yourself.

 

If you plan on being DPS/Fury in raids, it's not as big of a deal, but still harder finding a raid spot than a mage.

 

I for sure understand the mage thing for DM East gold, however how much gold do you really need when only Onxyia and MC are out?   You'll have plenty of raid down time to continue leveling your alt mage to 60 and have him available for gold farming when you are doing more raids per week with the release of BWL+ZG.  You won't be as prone to buying a lot of stuff on the AH for a mage alt compared to a warrior alt, so you won't drop as much gold into them while leveling.

 

What will make mage better on fresh server is mob tagging will be easier with instant cast spells and AoE on a spawn point.  This will help you get ahead of the masses and make leveling faster.

[Drain 19]

Consider a class that levels easily. Warlock/Hunter are the easiest. It's quite hard to die on these. If you don't want these, Paladin/Shaman are pretty damn easy as well. Warrior/Rogue however are the hardest, and you're bound to die the most playing them. The easier classes can be flat broke and do fine. The harder ones depend upon gear/food/potions. Carrying the best potions for your level is damn near required just to level a Warrior, because pulling 1 extra add can mean death on the spot if you don't chug a potion. Note that the potions which drop for your level, are a bracket behind. You must buy the best ones. This is why future characters have it easier, you can keep old potions or buy them.

[gotmilk0112 10]

@gotmilk you mention that warrior leveling is a pain even with greens/blues.

Much, much less of a pain when you've got lots of money to buy potions and keep your gear really up-to-date.

[Shayss 43]

I'll be rolling a fresh account on the PvE server when it launches, and was wondering what class would be best to start with?

 

I want to main a Warrior tank, but I know from experience that leveling a Warrior is a pain in the попа, even with lots of gold to buy greens/blue weapons. So obviously leveling a warrior first is not a good idea.

 

When starting on Kronos I leveled a Mage first, and that seemed to work out fine. It seemed fairly easy to level without any external financial assistance, with skinning/tailoring giving some extra gold and crafting my own gear. And then later on, I can use that mage to farm DM East for easy money.

 

Is there a better choice, though? In terms of both leveling it easily without financial assistance, and being able to use it to make gold later on to fund my Warrior's leveling.

 

 

I highly recommend any ranged class if you are just fresh to the scene. It will help you out a lot with "I am not in range" lag that you might experience and for the most part it is pretty simple. Mage is a safe bet. Go hunter if you want something more challenging (Hunter mechanics in vanilla are awesome).

[Utherael 3]

I'm looking forward to leveling a paladin.

[Frylord 4]

Personally I'd go with a warrior, tanks are always in short supply. But as Undertaker pointed out, you'll struggle to get into raids as a DPS warrior unless you're geared to the teeth, and most guilds already have established tanks.

 

Regarding warrior leveling, find someone to level with, preferably a healer though any class would do. 

 

When I leveled my priest on Nost from 10-60 as holy, I'd pretty much attach myself to any melee class I could find when entering a new zone. Nothing beats questing as a priest with a good warrior partner.

 

End result? We'd blow through quests with very little down time, and I'd hit 60 with a nice collection of potential tanks on my friends list. And warriors don't need food, pots or decent weapons when they have a priest shoved up their попа.

 

I'm sure they'll be many healers rolling on the new realm that would love group up to quest, better dust off your socializing skills.

 

 

Other classes to level are personal preference and all pretty much equally viable imo.

[Danko 1]

I know that u already played a mage but..Frost mage, easy to level, very good in raids, good in pvp aswell. Maybe a warlock would be great aswell.

[Destron 2]

Another good option is to spend the time now before we get these servers is to play on another private server and feel out the classes you're thinking about. 

[Tholren 7]

Another good option is to spend the time now before we get these servers is to play on another private server and feel out the classes you're thinking about. 

I actually think this can cause a quick burnout once the realm actually opens. Vanilla doesn't have a smooth leveling process, so going through it twice in a short amount of time is not advisable. Unless you mean insta-60 servers or whatever.

[Shaylin 6]

Much, much less of a pain when you've got lots of money to buy potions and keep your gear really up-to-date.

Actually, I was doing this on kronos to prepare for Nost release.

I took mining/BS and although yes, BS on a fresh account with no external help might be a bit deep, but if you establish yourself and get BS high enough, you can make all those green items and put them on the AH for people to buy as they will be needing items themselves.

Sell all items on AH and anything you don't need and you should be fine.

It really isn't that bad of you put your mind to it and don't look at the levels but the bigger picture.

[gotmilk0112 10]

Actually, I was doing this on kronos to prepare for Nost release.

I took mining/BS and although yes, BS on a fresh account with no external help might be a bit deep, but if you establish yourself and get BS high enough, you can make all those green items and put them on the AH for people to buy as they will be needing items themselves.

Sell all items on AH and anything you don't need and you should be fine.

It really isn't that bad of you put your mind to it and don't look at the levels but the bigger picture.

Is it actually feasible to level BS while you level up, and get decent gear from it? I was thinking I'd go Mining/BS on my warrior.

 

You can do that with tailoring; getting more than enough cloth from humanoid mobs to level tailoring as you level up, and craft lots of gear for yourself.

 

Never did level blacksmithing until Cata, but I've heard that it's right up there with Enchanting as one of the toughest and most expensive professions to level.

Edited November 23, 2016 by gotmilk0112

[gilxort 0]

I actually think this can cause a quick burnout once the realm actually opens. Vanilla doesn't have a smooth leveling process, so going through it twice in a short amount of time is not advisable. Unless you mean insta-60 servers or whatever.

 

I agree, one option is to play around with different classes on an instant level 60 server like retro-wow.

[gilxort 0]

Is it actually feasible to level BS while you level up, and get decent gear from it? I was thinking I'd go Mining/BS on my warrior.

 

You can do that with tailoring; getting more than enough cloth from humanoid mobs to level tailoring as you level up, and craft lots of gear for yourself.

 

Never did level blacksmithing until Cata, but I've heard that it's right up there with Enchanting as one of the toughest and most expensive professions to level.

 

In vanilla I have done just this. It is feasible but will slow down your leveling if you are okay with that. I spent quite a bit of time farming ore and grinding mobs along the way to ore instead of questing. I did have issues in the higher tiers of BS. Get's harder to get the ore, more competition and recipes get tougher.

[Rileyblog1 0]

Night Elf Mohawk. End of Discussion.

[Undertanker 88]

If you decide on warrior on a fresh server,  herb/alch is going to be your best best, hands down and is worth the 2-3 extra hours in starting zone to get your herbing to 75+.   (it will take that long on a crowded starting zone at least)

 

You'll be weak and needing to grind on lower level mobs anyways so it isn't like you are wasting your time being in that zone a bit more.

 

Unlimited healing potions, you can easily sell your mana potions.   Healing potions don't take the same mats as the other options,   +Str / +Agil  / +Fort potion (fort gives a small amount of HP but when paired with well fed food buff, it is a big help).

 

If it is a first character, stats will be hard to come by on your equipment for the first 15 levels, +4 str +4 agil + 27 more HP + 2 HP/5 + 50 armor,  that is like having a few extra pieces of green gear on at that low of a level.

 

Big tip with healing potions, the second level healing potions are needed to make the 3rd level ones, so don't vendor them as you make too many (yes this happens).  While you probably won't get your hands on swiftness potion early, the underwater breathing one will help a lot with the lower level quest that send you underwater, you won't have to struggle for air and add a lot of time to those types of quest.  (you'll use 1 for Darkshore, and 1 for Wetlands) wouldn't make too many more after that.

 

A lot of people will be leveling BS, the advice of selling your crafts on the AH isn't going to be as lucrative as others are advertising. 

Edited November 24, 2016 by Undertanker

[Destron 2]

I guess the burnout factor isn't something I considered, I also didn't mean level to 60. I just meant get a taste for the characters. I think you can get a decent 'feel' before you invest too much time. But you're probably right that it's advisable to be careful how much time you invest in preparing for launch on other servers.