Rumor: World of Warcraft Survey Teases Potential New Classes

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Summary

  • A new survey suggests potential future World of Warcraft classes, including Tinker and Bard.
  • Blizzard often tests ideas with surveys, like the recent Mythic+ death counter feedback.
  • World of Warcraft players should take these potential classes with a grain of salt for now.

As a long-time Warcraft enthusiast and player of World of Warcraft since its inception, I find myself utterly thrilled by the plethora of new class ideas that have surfaced in this rumored survey. From the seasoned Tinker to the otherworldly Astrologian, each concept presents an intriguing blend of lore, gameplay mechanics, and potential for unique storytelling opportunities within the expansive World of Warcraft universe.

A supposed survey about fans of “World of Warcraft” appears to delve into potential concepts for 16 fresh character classes, ranging from well-liked suggestions such as Inventor and Bard to entirely novel types like Titankiller and Prismatic. Though it should be treated with caution, it’s possible that elements from these ideas may manifest in future class options, specializations, or features like Hero Talents in the game’s future updates.

Blizzard occasionally reaches out to its fanbase with surveys to gauge the community’s response to specific concepts. One recent World of Warcraft survey about Mythic+ dungeons appeared to explore the possibility of implementing a death counter in place of the current timer system for these challenging instances.

Currently, certain gamers have unveiled a new questionnaire, which seems to delve into potential ideas for more than a dozen fresh character classes. Originating from the German World of Warcraft fan site Chromie.de and translated by Enrif on the MMO-Champion forum, this survey presented various concepts, spanning from widely supported suggestions such as the Tinker and Bard to entirely novel classes like the Celestial Lancer and the Astrologian. This implies that Blizzard may be considering different class options, specializations, or Hero Talents in the upcoming future.

Potential World of Warcraft Survey Class Ideas

  • Apothecary: Masters in the creation of potions and brews, which they use to harm enemies and empower and heal allies. They create unique combinations of elements, and give potions varying effects, be it explosive, toxic, or granting extreme power.
  • Artificer: Melee-based Tanks, Damage dealer and Healer, that use a mix of handmade machines and titan-technology. Mechanic-reactive gear is the foundation of their power, while utilizing new weapon types like extendable flails or reactive shields. This class is on the front lines of battles and protects and supports their team with their inventions.
  • Astrologian: Mighty spellcasters that use the cosmic powers of the stars and gravity to deal devastating damage. They utilize celestial energies to cast spells, manipulate gravitational fields, summon meteor swarms, and create star explosions.
  • Bard: Supporter, Healer, and Tanks, that utilize the Song of Azeroth to cast mighty spells, support their allies, and weaken their enemies. Bards shine in a group, empowering and improving the spells of others and at the same time bringing numerous songs and auras to help their group reach new heights.
  • Battlemage: Battlemages empower their weapons with the might of the elements, to aid their allies, weaken foes, and create constructs to control the battlefield.
  • Celestial Lancer: Warriors, that use spears and titan magic, that are empowered by the gods for quick jumps and strikes.
  • Gunner: Quick, offensive ranged combat characters that wield two pistols at the same time. They apply different elemental effects to their weapons to create the deadliest arsenal of destruction against their foes.
  • Gunslinger: Cunning and agile melee combatants that use two pistols are once. Their sharp eyes allow them to see the weak points of enemies and deal with them quickly.
  • Leyweaver: Leyweaver are connected via leylines to the natural powers of Azeroth. Their connection to these arcane power lines allows them to move quickly along them and to manipulate the unseen energies that flow through everything – they help allies, deal damage to enemies, or buff and debuff as wanted.
  • Necromancer: Summon an army of undead that follow your commands and overrun enemies in combat. They combine different summoning spells to build the perfect army.
  • Prismatic: As heirs to titanic Power, Prismatics are carriers of cosmic powers that can not only be used in their purest forms, but their transcending powers can be merged to new powers. They refine and focus the power of life to heal allies, or the powers of order to protect themselves, or they merge the combined powers of death and shadow to deal damage to enemies.
  • Spellbreaker: Melee characters that specialize in combat against magical powers. They ward with magic, but they can also empower their gear with the magic of their enemies to improve their combat capabilities.
  • Tinker: Genius inventors, who have uncovered the secrets of the titan technology, and use it to protect their allies, heal wounds, and attack enemies. Through their understanding of machines, tinkers can create inventions (custom-made skills/spells), control Mech-Suits, and deploy mechanical constructs to create an advantage in combat.
  • Titankiller: Titankillers combine the sword fragments of Taeshalach and Gorribal to use the powers of Gorshalach and connect to the cosmic powers of the titans, to destroy any threat to Azeroth.
  • Warden: Versatile, armored hunters, who, with their art of chakrams and traps, employ devastating ranged and melee attacks.
  • Witch: Damage dealers and Healers that use “old magic” to reach towards darker, natural powers. Their magic includes curses, familiars, rituals, spiritual connections, poisons, decay, and more. This class builds onto the teachings of witches and dark magicians of WoW, including the witches of Drustvar, the Gilnean harvest witches, the decay Gnolls and Troll hexes, and spirit magic.

Some of these educational concepts are heavily influenced by the stories of World of Warcraft. Characters such as The Tinker, Spellbreaker, Battlemage, Warden, and Necromancer, for one, have been utilized in other parts of the franchise and could seamlessly be integrated into the game. In contrast, ideas like the Leyweaver, Titankiller, and Astrologian might align perfectly with the Titan-focused narrative of the Worldsoul Saga, although they haven’t been featured before.

It’s worth mentioning that this survey is a rumored translation, so fans should keep their anticipation in check regarding the presented ideas. The likelihood of any of these ideas making it into the game is uncertain. Surveys like this often propose theories that are not under active development, either to gauge fan interest or divert attention from what developers are truly investigating. Nevertheless, the significant focus and detail given to World of Warcraft characters such as Necromancer and Battlemage within the survey, compared to less developed class ideas, hints that Blizzard might be seriously considering these concepts for the game.

It’s expected that the upcoming Worldsoul Saga for World of Warcraft will introduce a new character class. Typically, WoW gets a new class every other expansion, with only one exception being the Demon Hunter in Legion and the Dracthyr-exclusive Evoker in WoW: Dragonflight. If history repeats itself, either Midnight or The Last Titan will likely include at least one new class. Fans can only speculate whether this new class will be a standalone entity or if it will appear as additional class specializations, Hero Talents, or other similar gameplay elements.

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2024-12-18 01:53