Everyone has the one class or spec that they dislike irrationally. You call for them to be nerfed on the forums, you stalk them through battlegrounds, and you may even swear under your breath when one of them ends up in your instance group. This is your archnemesis class.
There's an old joke that the traditional enemy of the rogue is every other rogue on the server, and I have to admit that used to be true for me. I hated other rogues more than any other class. Sure, there were really nice and skilled rogues, but they seemed to be in the minority compared to the giant amount of idiots that rolled a rogue to be cheap shot artists (pun intended.) All the ninjas, drama queens, and overall irritating people I met in my first few months of playing WoW were other rogues, and a deep sense of self-loathing festered inside of me. I was halfway tempted to reroll a warlock -- and this was back in the days where NO ONE was a warlock -- when the idiot rogues disappeared! Where did they go?
A couple months later, when untalented, unintelligent, aggro-insensitive DPS warriors began infesting my guilds, I had my answer. To this day, I'm always a little suspicious of DPS warriors, particularly those who utterly refuse to consider tanking an instance and have a wishlist consisting of 90 percent of the one and two-handed weapons in the game. However, the recent warrior nerfs have sent the annoying DPS warriors back into hiding, soon to emerge again as whatever other class allows them to take a lot of loot and smash things.
What class/spec annoys you most in WoW? Does the annoyance extend only to people you fight in PVP, or do you hate those of the same faction as you?
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1-24-2007 @ 8:50AM
Vince said...
I play a paladin, and much like the author here, i loathe almost all others of my class. holy paladins especially. they are so stuck up and always insisting that holy is the only way to play a paladin. the other 60% of paladins who don't spec holy always come off as the biggest noobs ever. brings shame to my class.
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1-24-2007 @ 9:16AM
Immelmann said...
I'm going to have to go with the Fury spec DPS warrior. WTF guys, put a shield on and throw some points into protection, you dont really do that much damage. I'm a priest and let me tell you, there is nothing I loath more than grouping with a fury spec warrior as main tank. I got an idea, when you see the five Naga's sitting in a group that you're about to rush, how about you take beserker stance off? Do you really need to be taking an extra 10% damage right now when we have a Mage a Lock and a Rogue in the group? Then you complain when I have to rest for mana because I had to spam flash heals on you just so you could stay alive... get with it, Go arms or something, if you wanted to play a dps class you shoulda played a rogue, the repairs are cheaper.
On the flip side however there is a new Spec/Class that I have grown very fond of and love grouping with. Thats the Feral Druid! You guys rock now, its so easy to heal when you have 12k HP and 14k Armor in bear form, not to mention in a pinch you can jump out, throw up tranquility or innervate me and go back to tanking. Now thats balance. Not to mention you dont have the warrior super ego, you guys have all been hounded throughout your careers and now is your chance to shine.
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1-24-2007 @ 9:22AM
Zuuler said...
I know where all your DPS warriors went.... they're all hunters now.
Seems everytime I group with a hunter, he seems to have no idea how to play. They always seem to run out of ammo in the middle of an instance. One hunter even ran out of meat for his pet, and took a huge loyalty hit during ST.
But worst of all they never seem to understand the concept of crowd control. They always seem to attack the seduced/sheeped/shackled target and then proceed to claim "I thought star was dps".
Outside of grouping i run into problems with kill stealing. I'm a warlock, dots take a few seconds before they ta a target as mine. Hunters see this as "This target isn't tagged so its ok for me to attack" completely ignoring the fact that my VW is tanking and my dots are already cast.
In battlegrounds, these hunters are just insane. The recent changes have made them BG DPS machines. Hopefully the recent nerfs will correct this.
My guild recently had a bunch of hunterrs just like what I have described. I have only ever met 1 competent hunter, and hes my younger brother.
The worst part is I actually started a hunter, and of all the classes I have played, hunter has been the easiest to level. Expect more noobs here.
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1-24-2007 @ 9:26AM
utope said...
@2 - I have a fury specced warrior and I don't agree with you at all. I was recently in ramparts and had all my tanking gear on ready to go. It was impossible to actually tank becasue everyone was pulling aggro and wouldn't allow me to get rage for some sunders. I finally said 'screw it' and started duel wielding in defensive stance and taunted mobs off of anyone pulling aggro. It went about 50% faster that way. When bosses came around I tossed on my tanking gear and went to town. We had a pretty flawless run in there and then in the Blood Furnace right after that.
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1-24-2007 @ 9:26AM
Wakoo said...
As a warrior, I hate having to chase mages... end of :).
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1-24-2007 @ 9:28AM
Brim said...
I loathe Duel Wielding Shamans... They only been around for a short time but maaaaaaaaaaan I hate them...
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1-24-2007 @ 9:37AM
Matt Park said...
I think Alliance shamans are my arch-nemesis. I certainly know whenever I see one, they'll get a quick lesson in how2frostshock.
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1-24-2007 @ 9:38AM
James said...
I'm a old school DPS warrior. I've been playing for a long time so I have good gear(before BC) I have never had a problem with rogues, but I hate mages with all my armor they take me down with like two shots. It Kills me. I have to follow/track them in BGs and get the jump that seams to be my only chance. even with all the nerfs to Warriors it is still my fav.
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1-24-2007 @ 9:44AM
Twinny said...
the 1,000,000,000 undead rogues out there, roll more of an imaginative char you puff's.
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1-24-2007 @ 9:46AM
Rich said...
As a Arms warrior I hate anyone that doesnt know how to play their class or just bombs what ever mob im about to tank and bitches that Im not holding aggro.... err... hate them....
But the Class I hate most are those damn Ferel Druids... that have become so overpowered they are now the best tanking class in the game and need to be nerfed big time... actually its not just ferel its all druids in general.... I HATE THEM ALL!!
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1-24-2007 @ 9:50AM
Adinlm said...
I loathe rogues. But that's only because I am a priest and know how much it sucks to be stunned out of existance.
but as far as group with people, I really don't like being grouped with hunters. Guildwise is okay, but whe you get a pug, you swear everytime that they are a chinese farmer or a bot.
@3, totally agree with kill stealing. Hunters are notorious for this. Being my class, I have a very hard time getting burst damage on things. So I'm stuck with having to wait for a hunter (and mages also) to get done with their quest before I can do mine. (Not good when you have those "Please kill 30 of these" quests)
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1-24-2007 @ 9:53AM
Rich said...
And pallys... forgot them... another class i cant stand
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1-24-2007 @ 9:54AM
Mekias said...
As a Shaman, I always felt like my natural nemesis is the Paladin since we (used to) fill the same sort of role for each side. But let's face it, Paladins are easy to hate.
Secretly I'm just really jealous because Paladins can buff everyone in the raid in a matter of seconds and can heal better than I can. I can only give buffs to the people in my party and actually have to waste like 5 or 6 seconds every minute to lay down and manage totems.
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1-24-2007 @ 9:54AM
Wartoad said...
As a rogue, I hate huntards. If I don't get the opening shot, I am screwed, blued, and tatooed.
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1-24-2007 @ 9:59AM
Moosli said...
@ No 10
Im a Feral Drood - mwahahahahah!!!! :P
Dont hate the playa hate the game :P
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1-24-2007 @ 10:02AM
Pruflas said...
@2 you've hit it straight on the mark for me also, can't stand "fury" warriors, but love feral druids!
As a Mage (Mage is my main) NOTHING i hate more is a tank that doesn't know how to stack sunders, or taunt.
I will stand an entire boss fight waiting for a sunder, and when the warriors yells at me for not fighting, I calmly reply.
"You put 3 sunders on him, and I won't have to teach you to tank that thing."
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1-24-2007 @ 10:03AM
Jusk said...
I hate warlocks. I almost always win in a fight, but ALWAYS die from DoTs afterward.
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1-24-2007 @ 10:05AM
Drakar24 said...
I can't believe I'm the first person to say WARLCOKS! And yeah, I spelled it right. Run around and dot from 30 yds out, I start to run in to melee and "FEAR". And all the while the dots are still ticking away at my life. A good shadowbolt while i'm feared and i'm dead. The only way to kill one is if my stunlock goes off perfectly. Can't wait for lvl 66 and COS.
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1-24-2007 @ 10:05AM
rec said...
as per #1, i agree on the people who demand paladins be holy, much like druids and priests have to be healing specced.
but, being a paladin myself, i have to destroy on site all those damn BElf Paladins !
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1-24-2007 @ 10:07AM
chaz said...
We're talking about two things:
1. What class do you hate because that classes talents can destroy your character quickly in pvp, or impede your enjoyment in groups? My answer: Rogues (i'm squishy)
2. What class has a higher percentage of jackasses than other classes? My answer: Hunters. I think they attract noobs more than any other class, but that's just my experience.
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