Comments on: Master a class? I’d be happy if I could remember how to play!

By: endos

endos — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:38:05 +0000

my name is Endos and I’m an altoholic…

3 lvl 80 paladins, one of which is my main,
1 lvl 66 paladin
1 lvl 60 paladin

1 lvl 80 warrior
1 lvl 72 warrior
1 lvl 60 warrior

2 lvl 80 druids, both feral/feral

1 lvl 80 mage

1 lvl 80 priest
1 lvl 60 priest

1 lvl 80 shaman

1 lvl 80 hunter
1 lvl 60 hunter

1 lvl 80 rogue

1 lvl 66 warlock
and multiples of everything under lvl 60… they don’t really count anymore..

I only play a couple of my toons at top level but I’ve got the capacity to turn any of them into top flight raiding toons except the caster dps toons… for some reason I just don’t “get” caster dps in the same way as I “get” melee classes…

As Sarah said above, I came to a realisation that if you can realise that many abilities between classes are the same or very similar, half your battle is done in understanding how to play those other classes… mapping similar keybinds is a big part of it from there on in and makes it fairly easy.

maybe that’s why I don’t get caster dps classes – My first toon was one of my paladins, so I haven’t managed to grasp that I don’t always have to run up and stab/bash/hit things to do damge!

By: Zy

Zy — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:01:16 +0000

Like Sarah and some of the other folks I make a point of mapping similar keys in the same spot so when I swap toons the adjustments are in the details. LHW/Nourish/Flash of Light, Mangle/Lightning Bolt/Frost Bolt, ect. It helps out a lot.

By: Pazi

Pazi — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:54:54 +0000

Having 3 paladins ICC-geared (one KingSlayer) with all specs (2 prot, 1 heal, all have ret as second spec) I feel confident that I know the class in-and-out. I also have 3 hunters mostly-ICC-geared (one is only honored by now) and since my first 70 was a hunter back then and for the longest time my main I am sure that I do pull my weight. 2 druids (not much played but they had their chance to put a foot into ICC), both resto, second spec is bear. Every other class is on 80 besides the warlock I’m currently leveling (71). I can’t play rouges (only leveled him to get me those lockboxes for the insane-title). Mages are way to boring. Didn’t have much time to play my priest (shadow/holy). My warrior (prot) hit 80 and then was never touched again. My schaman had little playtime as 80 (resto and enh, but to be honest I was bad as enh).
But thats ok, I just like to level and learn the abilities of all classes.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:30:08 +0000

I found the perfect solution to this about a year ago, I map all my abilities to more or less the same places across all toons/specs. Not every ability has a 1:1 relationship, but close is close. All tanks have a taunt, most classes have an interrupt, all classes have a few core abilities that make up a “rotation”. I don’t worry about that relearning period anymore since I can just jump in and start mashing buttons and the details come back to me in a few minutes while I play slightly less efficiently.

Just the other day I tanked on my paladin who I haven’t tank on in so long my one handed sword skill probably went up 100 points in that one instance (well maybe not that much). Point is I just hopped in and queued and my buttons were close enough to what I am already comfortable with tanking on my druid and death knight that I didn’t have any trouble. Good thing I had consecrate though, not sure what I’d of done without it at the start with all those weapon misses.

By: xmolder

xmolder — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:17:41 +0000

Also, with regards to losing track of where your buttons are, I’ve got a bit of a bad habit of just typing “/cast [spell name]” if I can’t find it on my bars. <_<

By: xmolder

xmolder — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:15:56 +0000

My name is Xmolder, and I am an altoholic.

See, I have this thing. I like to level. Like, a lot. Between leveling and raiding, I’d probably pick leveling unless the content was REALLY COOL. But when I level a new character, I go into it like I’m going to be maining it all the way through the Emerald Dream and back again, which just obviously doesn’t happen. I learn my specs, rotations, glyphs, pets. I make note of all of my cool tricks (pulling Netherspite out of his room with Demonic Circle is currently my favorite, being just a little more awesome than using the Eye of Kilrogg to keep your pet from pathing through adds) and I start gearing up.

A week later, I’m working on my next toon. See, this isn’t such a bad thing, because I get to see everything in the game! I’ve healed, I’ve tanked, I’ve DPS’d. And I enjoy all of it, so why not try it on a different class?

Welllll, I realized the other day that, despite leveling from 10 to 70 as a feral druid, if you put me in cat form, I’d probably try to DPS by spamming Mangle. I don’t remember ANYTHING about being a kitty. I know you have to stand behind the enemy, and you have energy instead of rage, but that’s about all. Same goes for my warrior (fury spec, arms is too good to forget eye em oh). I’m even losing touch with my mage skillz, which I’ve had since before my guild got stuck on Nightbane. And that makes me have a sad.

The one class that I will NEVER forget, though, has to be paladin. I can’t get enough. I’ve got a prot pally on one server, and a retadin on another. Rather than save up for dual-spec and a set of gear, I’m actually considering rolling a THIRD, just so I can heal with one. Ridiculous, I know.

By: Ely

Ely — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 04:22:51 +0000

Well for me, it’s mage then priest. I have many mages, priests, and druids on different realms (i even made a pally healer :0 ) I can play a druid resto/balance as well without looking at buttons. I don’t use key binds on any toon (don’t know how they work anyway ) If i make the toon and set up the bars then I’m good and remember what everything does, but if hubby or the kids make me play their toons I get sooo lost cause heaven only knows how they can play with the way they have their bars set up. And this is on toons that i like playing.

By: Solitudeone

Solitudeone — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:37:28 +0000

Haven’t really ‘mastered’ the class as yet, but my main balance druid is without doubt my most fluid character to play. I’m the same with my alts. Have had dozens of trials over the years and down to three I usually play, but always have to stop and think about them for a minute or two when I load them up. I’ve also noticed that the alts I’ve settled on are simular in their playstyle to the druid (spell-casters). This seems to be more suitable for me than feral or restro.

By: Rauxis

Rauxis — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:47:11 +0000

It’s Druids or nothing for me

I started out on an EU server in vanilla, got my healer to 70 (in resto specc!), dabbled some time into feral but was not really ready for raid tanking yet (mentally, I got far too nervous whenever something bad happened), and by the end of BC had at lock twink at 70 (wanted to get the feeling of a pet class). With LK looming on the horizon I swapped to an US server, and without even hesitating a moment I created “Rauxis, chosen of CAT”. Two years later I’ve also tried myself on Mage, Rogue, Paladin, DK and Priest – nothing could really hold me for long. I’m even leveling a Boomkin right now, but when the LFD queues became a pain I got a second specc for bear, went into an instance … and “I believe I could fly”. I’m Feral at heart now, with the frequent to change into a tree – nothing else really interests me (and I see a wolven druid in the not so distant future)

So I can really share your feeling BBB – and it’s not only within WoW, but also when I compare it to other games. I simply love being a Feral

Rauxis, chosen of CAT

By: Minos

Minos — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:52:54 +0000

I have a second feral druid on another server, because I was going to play with a couple friends and wanted something I knew I could level fast to keep up with them. I get more confused when I switch from my level 80 bear to level 30something than I do switching to an alt of another class. Where are all my abilities?

Also, careful about levelling that placeholder. My friend made a name placeholder for a DK before Wrath. Then he got bored, started playing it, and couldn’t bear to delete it.