Class decision-making debate

Let’s start a debate. On Blessing of Kings, his latest post as of this writing was about his role as paladin in MC being less than glamourous or even fun.

So my brain splatter for the day is what is more important for choosing a character class: leveling to 60 or end-game roles in 20- to 40-man raids? You don’t want it to be unbearably boring to reach end-game content so you’re sure to make it to the end, yet it’s nearly certain that you’ll be playing a character longer AS a 60 than getting TO 60.

For me, the decision took place in two parts. First, I was determined to have an easy go at soloing, so I entered as a dwarf hunter so I even had the guns specialization and stoneform for battling spiders and such. Eventually soloing became boring because it didn’t really take any user input to win fights. I was literally siccing my pet on a mob, marking it, and starting with Serpent Sting and Arcane Shot and falling asleep. I’d wake up and my pet would be running back toward me. On to the next target. That’s no way to level.

After a few days of consulting with Talion and Intoxication, I settled on a human warrior strictly for end-game role. I was really interested in wearing plate armor, carrying a big stick, and going toe to toe with the biggest, baddest bosses Blizzard could make. About half-way through, we realized that my primary pleasure was taking a beating and my secondary pleasure was dishing out more damage than I took. So I became a Fury-specced warrior. I want to do rogue-like damage and go “mmmfff” if I rip aggro for a few seconds. I’ve already hit a 2,900 crit in MC and LOVED it! Nothing like getting 100 rage on a core hound at 13% and killing him with an Execute. It’s incredible. That’s what I want to do in instances, so I’m in the right place.

There are a few shortcomings at times in the guild, so I’m leveling my warlock and my brand new dwarf priest (Fear Ward) for those times that we are having trouble filling a class in a group. Let’s just see if I can bear the leveling and enjoy the end-game content.