World of Warcraft Classic Discussion Megathread

[Apatheist]

Back to planning. Nothing to do in bfa. Bored to death all day. This happens :

My first group is going to be something like this for farming dungeons and getting started in general.

1.Paladin tank (11/32/8)
https://classicdb.ch/?talent#sE0zZVhtIxzVoV0h

- Runs retribution aura (or other)
- Buffs sanctuary on himself
- Buffs kings to rest

2.Paladin heal (33/11/7)
https://classicdb.ch/?talent#sVxubgstxMuZVb

- Runs improved devotion aura
- Buffs kings to tank
- Buffs improved wisdom to rest
- Judges light/wisdom on boss/elite

I would like to run improved retribution aura for more
aoe damage but sacrificing kings for it seems not worth it.
Guess you cant have everything

3. Mage
4. Mage
5. Mage

3x CC, int buff, food and portals. /nice

Yeah no idea with the mages talents. Spamming arcane explosion or blizzard.
Any suggestions? What does more damage? How would the talent tree look like?
On the paper i really like going 31 arcane but i never played a mage in classic before
so i cant say what would be more effective =)

One problem with this setup is the lack of an offensive dispel. Remember, mages didn't have spellsteal in vanilla. There are several PvE encounters where not having the ability to purge will be annoying.

You could solve this problem by swapping one of your paladins for a priest which are arguably better healers in classic anyway. A priest can do everything a paladin can do and more -- with the exception of wearing plate and a shield. You can also spec your paladin to be a viable 5man tank while still having the key talents to swap into holy gear for PvP without needing to pay for a respec (20/31/0.)

You might also consider swapping one of the mages for a warlock for curse of the elements (+10% magic damage, -75fire/frost resist.)

This will give you more hp (fortitude, imp HP aura), fire shield for your tank, AoE fear, purge and CC for demons and undead (banish/shackles.)

I was interested when I heard Blizzard start talking about official classic servers. The more information they released, the less interested I became. They're making too many changes from the API to the ruleset to provide an authentic vanilla experience. Perhaps I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure PvP boxing on classic servers will be as castrated as it has been for years on modern retail. Not worth re-subscribing to a service that offers me less than something I can play for free elsewhere.