Quote Originally Posted by Zub View Post
He's got a point tho, hunters and locks for example have a pocket tank they can sacrifice when shit hits the fan.

*That said*, rogues will be able to vanish in most cases, mages invis, and others might be able to heal through.
And the rest will have to manage with the abilities of their class.

All things said, i would probably go Druid. Tank form / stealth / Lots-a-Hots / instant flight form / dash / ..

Plates classes are a bit moot because with no gear they lack where they should be the strongest
Exactly.Hunters and locks do have that pocket tank. Lets not forget that the main advantage to wearing anything above white/grey gear is to boost your stats to increase either your survivability (plate classes/tanks), dps (clothies / casters) or both (leather/mail).

The white/grey gear on a hunter won't really affect anything but their damage output as their pet will be the thing being beaten on, not them.

Another advantage hunters have is that if they make a mistake and pull too many mobs or agro something, their pet can take a death for them while they have the chance to escape.

I acknowledge the bugginess with pet mechanics, hence why I suggested disqualifying their classes completely from the contest as it can't be measured accurately.

For proof of just how OP pet classes will be in this kind of contest, check out the leaderboards.

http://www.wowironman.com/

Of the top 21 that haven't been disqualified, only two of them are non-pet classes (Warrior/Rogue)

Maybe there should be two separate awards : Ironman and Ironpet ?