Hi guys new player to vanilla here and i have some questions

[Argggnaros 0]

Hello guys

first of all i am not new to wow i've been a wow fan player  since the start of cata  , i had a shaman with almost  120 days game time.

i heard all the fuss about vanilla being good so i wanted to check it out and i found it really interesting 

 

so my question is which class could fit with what i want ?

- i don't like the 2 - 3 abilities  and you're out of mana and you stand still doing nothing for  the next 4 seconds and i hate very slow casting.

- got a hunter to 10 but then dropped playing him i didn't like hunters , i also love horde so i won't play paladin since they are only ally side ( I am sorry alliance players but for the horde)

[Staticflow 1]

all casters in vanilla are mana burners, cept locks get to a point where theres very little downtime for them, warriors are just as bad with downtime unless theyre overgeared, rogues are stupid overpopulated atm, might wanna try shaman or druid

[Undertanker 88]

Druid would be your leveling choice then, since you balance between opening with cast, then go to cat/bear depending on how many mobs you are fighting and your mana is regening after 6 seconds of swapping forms.

Leveling my druid alt, I wouldn't even use a stack of water every 10 levels.

Though if you are looking to raid, healing is 90% going to be your roll.  Feral is so-so but if dedicated can put up decent numbers like 750 DPS on select fights, though you'll also be expected to have a +healing set for when melee is weak on a fight, have a tanking set for tanking raid trash so a fury can dps and not tank.  And you'll have a +MP5 set for fights that need decursing / poison removal so a pure specced healer can continue to heal instead / mage can DPS. 

Note that guilds have only 1 or even 0 ferals.   Their itemization pre-AQ40 consist of a lot of blue gear, BWL items that nobody else wants, and a few items that have high competition (Band of Accuria, DFT)

 

Shaman you can play with minimal downtime as well, as long as you understand and utilize the 6 second rule to allow mana regen in combat.  Just like druid, open up with spell cast, and second half of mob life use non-mana abilities only (druid favors this though) and drinking is not as common as you would think.

Though endgame you are a healer.    Though getting a raid spot as a shaman is easier than as a druid, as guilds tend to take 3 druids to raid and 6-8 shaman if possible due to totems being only group specific buffs.

Shadow Priest has little down time as well, but has the slowest kill time of the 3 classes listed.  Though you'll be wanding between DoTs and after opening with Holy Fire (pre shadow form) > DoT > Mindblast > Spam Wand.  Mindflay is close to same DPS as the wands you'll get and breaks the 6 second rule.  Only 1 shadow priest is brought to raid to assist with warlock damage, though you can always swap to holy/disc spec for an easier raid spot if you are fine with healing.

 

With all these classes, you'll want to be sure you do not undervalue Spirit as a stat while leveling.   Spirit should be a primary stat for Shadow Priest and secondary stat for shaman / druid (regardless of spec) during your leveling to minimize down time.  People often give out free stam enchants while leveling enchanting so you can make up for low HP on gear that has high other stats.

Regardless of what class you pick, if it has a mana bar, you have to be frugal with spell usage.   WotlK + spells did more damage, regen was higher and downtime was removed from the game for a lot of classes.  This is not the case.