Blizzards class defintion [Warrior]

#0 - March 6, 2009, 4:16 a.m.

Q u o t e:
Warriors can be a raging berserker or an iron-clad juggernaut, capable of withstanding tremendous attacks while protecting their allies from harm. They have a wide variety of attacks that do everything from cripple their enemies, to dealing massive amounts of damage in a single retaliatory blow, and enhancing their allies' fighting ability with battle shouts. They excel at fighting multiple opponents at once, gaining rage from every blow dealt or received to unleash their attacks. Warriors are a versatile class with a variety of play-styles to choose from.

The Warrior can be a defensive, shielded tank, a damage-dealing powerhouse, or a mixture of the two. Their abilities obviously pertain to the art of close combat; their stances carry with them different moves for different situations and party setups. All in all, the Warrior is one of the prime candidates to capture and hold the attention of creatures while they die to sword and spell.

Now look closely at the spots I have bolded. Do you see the conflict in blizzards current game design for warriors as what is mentioned in the warrior info? We are good for 2 things, dealing damage and tanking mobs. We bring little to the table as other "Hybrids" do yet we are facing the same kind of taxation with other classes that bring more to the table then the warrior class.

If some of you are aware the buffs we currently bring can be done by (1) single tree that (2) of our tree's would require and (1) of those buffs has a 100% up time compared to our proc Crit% buff or Trauma. That class happens to be the druid class. They are able to use mangle while keeping leader of the pack up 100% of the time WHILE tanking or dealing damage. Also, one of out buffs "rampage" has no effect if you have a druid in the group.

Currently the current thing a DPS warrior can bring to the table is damage. Taking that away will pretty much make us unwanted and benched due to our lack of utility and damage if the current changes go live. Some of you may argue with this but you all know that this is the case when we can no longer do the damage we currently do in PVE.

Please reevaluate the warrior class.

Thanks,
Mastius

Ghostcrawler

#7 - March 6, 2009, 5:28 a.m.

Q u o t e:
The old phrase "jack of all trades, master of none" is an excellent way to describe the Shaman; they are the only real "hybrid" class in World of Warcraft. While they do not excel at any one aspect of their repertoire, they function passing well when performing most tasks called upon by a party. Need a support healer? Looking for a secondary tank? After another damage-dealer?

We'll get the class descriptions updated someday since players like to quote them so much, but that isn't our highest priority. They are definitely not some sort of constitution we use when making class changes.

Ghostcrawler

#205 - March 6, 2009, 8:15 p.m.

Player 1: I don't like that my class was nerfed so I am going to call other players names.

Player 2: I don't like that my suggestions weren't used so I am going to call Blizzard names.

Don't post that kind of nonsense in our forums. People actually spend their time trying to find information here.