The problem with archdruid/archmage style classes is this: How do you make them different in flavor than druids and mages?

An archdruid would pretty much just be like a stronger druid, maybe with a little bit of shaman abilities, but that's... two classes we already have.

You can describe a death knight as 'sort of like a warrior, but pretty different,' whereas an archdruid would be more... 'a druid, but with this extra stuff.'

Not that it's possible at this point, but I *still* feel like you should have to "sacrifice" a high-level toon to get a heroic toon.

If that was the mechanic, I could see trashing a Mage or Druid for an Arch-x. And Heroic classes should have only one Talent tree. So the choice becomes whether to specialize or stay as the normal class.

In case you hadn't guessed, I don't run things at Blizz...

Tool. An Archdruid is exactly the same as a druid, as is Archmage to mage and so forth. Anything with 'arch', 'high' or whatever added is an indication of the person being more powerful and having a certain status.

As for the ones Amanda Dean came up with.. I don't suppose you are bound to any lore or back story are you? 'Supertwink'..

I hate the "Arch" thingy. Why be a warrior when i can be an ARCH warrior? Or an ARCH shaman?

If you want a different kind of druid to be a playable class, you better differenciate it damn well. Make it so they constantly shift between a wolf, lizard and bull form with completely different abilities each time and call it a "Shifter" or "Wildshaper". That's completely different from druids, but very druid-ish. Call the "Archmage" "Sorceror" and make all his attacks arcane-based with nothing exactly like a mage, and give him special abilities that allow him to restore ally's MP as a class crux.

See, those are just off the top of my head. Just because your a more advanced, specialized or complex version of a different class doesn't mean you should just put "Arch" in front of it and call it a day.

Tomah a dark knight is not a sort of warrior with differentices. It is a clone of a paladin, but instead of healing spells, they have draining spells, and instead of undead fears, they summon undead.

So really a death knight is a paladin with different spells. Or in your own words,

'An "death knight is" pretty much like a stronger paladin, with a little bit of warlock abilities, but that's... two classes we already have.'

In lore the old lore before they screwed it up the @$$ to please people who want gnome and tauren death knights, a death knight was a paladin turned evil, so in essence, its exactly like a paladin with evil spells, so a archdruid, is no different then a death knight in the sense of "been there done that" Theory you have going.

I honestly think the next hero class will be the demon hunter, think about it, who is the second famous all time villain? Illidian, and what is his class? Demon hunter.

Oh and to every one saying archmages/archdruids are the same as the regular class, this is correct but also wrong, archmages are mages who control a group of mages, and they get that rank by being more powerful and knowing more spells then the normal joe blow, so still a heroic class could be made from them.

the gunslinger, or rather, the ranger class, taken straight out of AoC? LOL!

I want a Gunslinger and his first quest should be to the Dark Tower.

You mean Humor. /silly was a webcomic and a decent one at that.

@mdisloki

Longest. Quest. Evar.

"Thankee sai."

@ jrb Oh man you're totally right, a ranger class! They totally stole that from AoC. Its not like theres ever been a ranger in other games like D&D, FFXI, LotR....oh wait...

@ Super Guest Man 9000

i'm not as enlightened, amazing, stupid, nerdy (pick as appropriate) to have played all those games, and i suspect 90% of other WoW players aren't either.

my point is really confirmed by your point. the gunslinger class suggestion isn't original, and therefore doesn't belong in WoW... now, move along.

It was a joke, relax, get a sense of humor

Supertit, on the other hand, is clearly achievable as demonstrated by your post.

Wow, I didn't know you weren't allowed you own ideas and thoughts here... calm down. I'm sure nobody above has ever had an imagination.

Combo points too !
Heh, reminds me of the ragnarok online class :P

Scrap "feign death" for them, but give them a meditative state that allows for very quick health/chi regeneration out of combat.