geez can we beat a dead horse any more? this post has been in every DK thread (about every-other thread) with the same response every time. I'm getting really sick of seeing the pic of DK, since its used on half the DK posts.

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Going out on a limb here, but...If Blizzard used the words, "First hero class," doesn't that denote that there will be more? I thought Blizz already assured us this was going to happen. Did I possibly misunderstand?

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The shelf life of any game is only so long. It seems impossible that they will add a large number of hero classes before the game is abandoned altogether -- or at least has its budget cut.

Certainly, I doubt we'll ever seen the number of classes doubled from current.

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Heh, this pic has become the standard "Hero Class" pic.

I honestly feel that more thought should be put into what it means to become a Death Knight, the process, and the importance. If all you have to do is finish a chain and then you get this new opened char... well... big deal. I'd rather have my main become the Death Knight + Current Class.

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I agree. Someone photochop that picture and come up with something new.

"so that we can control just how many classes the game has"

Like adding a second hero class will make them lose control? Add one more and we'll start seeing new classes springing up like bunnies? Just silly.

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I think it silly to think that Death Knights will be the only hero class. From the rumored dates for WotLK we are looking at a early 2008. Blizz isn't going to spill all the beans right away and I would be stupid of them to promise content they might not get finished. I am guessing there will be several Hero classes by the time WotLK is release.

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Its yet another carrot on a stick. The "We are thinking at current that any future hero class additions will be made in expansions further along the line..." is just marketing talk for "we need an excuse to get people to buy said expansion".

To release just the Death Knight in this expansion is a mistake. There should be at least one more hero class included.

They are probably hedging their bets. If the DK is grossly OP'ed (it will either be insanely OP or insanely UP) then they can tweak the rest.

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What really needs to happen is @ 80 you unlock all of the classes as a hero class so that you don't have to suffer through 70 levels to have a viable character again. I mean at least give us the ability to start new chars at lvl 50 or something. The thought of Barrens and Ganklethorn Vale makes my skin crawl.

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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

that is all.

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We don't have enough info so far to do more than conjecture, but I believe it would be unwise to only release the 1 Hero class with the expansion if for no other reason than the "Death Knight spree" as has been mentioned. There should be at least a minimum of 2 Hero classes at the beginning for a little bit of balance and variety, and to force players into making a choice as Blizzard loves to do (and rightly so)!

Like the choice we had to make in BC of which to try out first: Draenei or Bloodelf? If they had only introduced one new race instead of two it would have thrown the whole balance out of whack. It's not quite the same thing with the DK issue, but it is similar. You have to have something that offsets the Deathknight or it could possibly break the game even.

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don't you get it yet... the death knight hero class will only be available to the 1-5% of uber raiders capable of completing the quest. this is just how blizzard operates. create content for a few and throw the masses a meatless bone every once in a while (see AQ opening sequence).

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If I had to place a wager I bet they will release a second Hero Class to provide some balance. How about a caster Hero Class possibly?

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If Dalaran is going to be so central, it seems to me that the Archmage would be a natural to include in WotLK

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@11

don't believe all the rumors you hear, death knights won't require raiding.

"Upon reaching level 80 and embarking on a quest "similar in difficulty to the Warlock epic mount quest," the ability to create a new Death Knight character will be unlocked."

http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/08/03/death-knight-details/

The warlock quest was long and fun, required a 5 man at the end. It was well worth the effort and was probably one of my top 5 quest lines from Azeroth. So if the Death Knight is similar then its all good.

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they can't make your char become the death knight because they know everyone is goind to make one, and if you lose your char for it, your stuck with it. they know most ppl will make one, realize when they try to get in groups, they get asked if they are tank, and when they say 'no i'm dps dk' they get a 'sorry, we need a tank' and they'll go back to playing their nelf hunter. if you lose your char when you make a DK, you can't go back to your nelf hunter. aside from lore not working for alot of classes to become dk, like druid and hunter.


and you wont need to raid for it, blizz said it will be solo/group play quest level, so imagine kara atunement, maybe a little longer, same dificulty, thats ur DK quest.

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they can't make your char become the death knight because they know everyone is goind to make one, and if you lose your char for it, your stuck with it. they know most ppl will make one, realize when they try to get in groups, they get asked if they are tank, and when they say 'no i'm dps dk' they get a 'sorry, we need a tank' and they'll go back to playing their nelf hunter. if you lose your char when you make a DK, you can't go back to your nelf hunter. aside from lore not working for alot of classes to become dk, like druid and hunter.


and you wont need to raid for it, blizz said it will be solo/group play quest level, so imagine kara atunement, maybe a little longer, same dificulty, thats ur DK quest.

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If they do reveal a second hero class for wotlk, it should be a healer-hybrid class, to balance the tank/dps that the death knight is.

Perhaps a healing class with pets...*shrugs*

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Future expansions? So, like 2009?

How long do they think they can keep making these small moves and beat back the competition?

We need wow2, a completely reinvented wow.

Can anyone tell i'm bored with the game right now? :)

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Personally I believe they should have started implementing Hero Classes when the BC hit or at least thought about giving the next EXP 2 hero classes other than just the one.

Perferably they should have put the Death Knight and the Demon Huunter in there since we were doing away with Illidan with the BC.

Besides since the Death Knight is a tanking class like at #16 only DK tanks will be wanted every other DK will be stuck in PvP thus the people who make DK for their DPS and stuff will probably delete em.

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I actually wrote about this abit in a recent op ed on my guild site. http://www.shadowwalkersguild.com/boards/showthread.php?t=3263

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