The Affect On Endgame Raids?Follow

Anyone have any thoughts on Endgame raiding for a Deathknight, apologies if there already is a topic on this, i would just like to see some opinions.

Personally i envision there being a decline in healing and buffing classes such as mages/hunters/shamans as the amount of Deathknight toons increases.

This increase in tanking/dps toons will collaborate in further complaints from nigh enough all the other classes as they are being outdone in their fields of combat by a new toon available over halfway through the plane of levels.

The affect on endgame raiding will ultimately be a decline in healing/dps classes as the deathknight proves to be the dominant class with everyone trying out the new playstyle and yearning for its armour.

Please bear in mind my personal opinion is not based on experience with a deathknight but rather based on the assumption that a class with plate will be able to dps and tank (warriors?) but has no major healing capabilitlies similar to that of a paladin.

Discuss?

There's also that Nature/Arcane damage increase from Moonkin too ;)

You mean like how shamans are now the dominate class for alliance and paladin are for horde?

A lot of players, almost everyone, will try a deathknight. Just because they start at a higher level doesn't mean they'll become the dominant class. There will be tons of them at first, just like shaman and paladins when BC went live. However it'll die down and even back out as players resort back to their previous class choices. Some will also switch to DK as their main. DK are not for everyone just like any other class. Some will like it and some will hate it.





That's a pretty stupid assumption that a tank/dps class is going to drop healing/dps classes, especially in end-game raids. Without proper heals your group/raid isn't going to get anywhere. Without proper tanking your group/raid isn't going to get anywhere. Without proper dps your group/raid isn't going to get anywhere. No class will fill all three of those roles the best. If that ever does happen then Blizzard has lost the class balance game. There is no dominate class. Blizzard has to keep the order of balance maintained. If you mean that DK will be the most populated class then I more than welcome them that way. Why? Because Hunters have had that position for years.


DK population will spike but it'll eventually average out with the other classes. Exactly like alliance shamans and horde paladins did. It's just the latest craze but without the other classes to fill their roles then people will eventually get sick of not finding any healers or buff or cc , etc classes to fill the other roles in the group.

I wouldn't worry about it.

Why not? Your assumptions that death knight = the end of healing, buffing, and DPS are indications that you chose the correct user name (except that it should end in a 'd').