What's the most boring class?
by Eliah Hecht 
Oct 10th 2007 at 1:20PM
I saw this poll over at the worldofwarcraft LiveJournal community, and immediately wondered how you loyal WoW Insider readers would vote, and whether it would be different from the LJers. The original question was: "Of all the classes available in WoW, what one do you have the least interest in playing?"
Now I know Death Knight is not technically available in WoW yet, but I'm sure some people are already violently disinterested in playing them, so I put them on the poll as well.
| Death Knight | |
|---|---|
| Druid | |
| Hunter | |
| Mage | |
| Paladin | |
| Priest | |
| Rogue | |
| Shaman | |
| Warlock | |
| Warrior |
For the record, I voted Paladin. I don't know if that's because Priest has been my long-time main, and I'm just jealous of pallies' skills, or because I tried to level one once and it was slower than the time I tried to play Warbears, which was yesterday. Either that game is hard or I'm really dumb. Possibly both. Shaman is a close second though; I've never managed to get one past 20.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Danz Oct 16th 2008 5:36PM
hmm, 3.0.2 ret is boring now imo, my ret was awsome when i was seal twisting, it was hard to do and you needed to b skilled with timing, now, omg, SoB then spam divine storm, crusader strike, release seal... in my opinion, its worse than playing an old SL/SL lock for button bashing entertainment ><
Anyways, i dumped my belf pally now, and am now back on my feral drood, its a shame but, i suppose aslong as the ret 3.0.2 has the dps and the eye candy, then people will love them still, and good luck to them, but still, its a nice leap from rofl'din to omg'adin, gj blizz
flameofkonoha Mar 20th 2009 8:16PM
-Necro-
I love my Paladin, I really do, it's my pride and joy. I raided Ret with this bad boy since 2.3 when I got enough gear from tanking. Seal twisting was pure win, but I'm not too heartbroken that I only have to press 7 once ever half hour.
Yet, I'll never level another one.
Up until level 40 you really don't get anything but auto-attack and a random proc of command, and even at 40 you have to respec to holy for Holy Shock. If you wanna go pure ret it's all the way to 50 for Crusader Strike. Unless you enjoy AoE Grinding, then Prot is pretty fun around 30.
I have played every class up to level 30. By far the most boring, until that level, is Paladin even though I
Juneau Oct 10th 2007 1:25PM
I've got a few 70s, and my Paladin is the one I like the least.
ThorinII Oct 10th 2007 1:28PM
Pally, no question. No offence to those who are Pall's. I just don't think they'd be fun to play.
Joe Oct 10th 2007 1:30PM
Safe to say most of the people who voted warrior have never tanked a level 70 instance. You're too busy to ever get bored.
Dotixi Oct 10th 2007 1:31PM
Agreed: Pallies are the most boring.
I am trying to lvl one right now as well as one of every class in preperation for the increased xp coming in 2.3.
Baluki Oct 10th 2007 1:35PM
Paladins ARE pretty boring to play until about lvl. 30. But since then, I've been having a lot more fun with mine.
I really don't like to play a Warrior because I just don't like the Rage mechanic. It's a fine system, but it doesn't appeal to me.
Also, I don't like to play Druids very much, because I already have a Shaman.
Squishy Oct 10th 2007 1:40PM
The huntard is by far the most boring. Send pet. Hit autofire. Maybe fire off an arcane/volley/multi-shot/steady shot once in a while.
Feign death when needed.
Rinse. Repeat.
At least with a pally you can heal as well as bang on things.
woeye Oct 10th 2007 1:42PM
Regarding Paladins: depends on the spec. If specced for healing ... ok, boring indeed. Pressing one button (FoL) isn't funny. Tanking, however, is actually fun. Thing is, however, no one let's you tank as a paladin. Because, as we all know, tanking is for real classes - warriors of course.
woeye Oct 10th 2007 1:45PM
@6 Solo play, yes. Group play, no. Playing a hunter in a group can be fun if you're smart enough to control your pet ;-)
BTW, personally I think that sword rogues in groups are boring to play. SS, SS, SS, SS ... ;-)
Krick Oct 10th 2007 1:48PM
Paladins aren't really fun to play until you can spec for aoe protection around level 35.
Then it becomes an absolute blast to play and gets even better as your gear and talents get better.
The thing that people don't realize is that protection aoe takes a certain type of gear in order for it to be successful. If you try to wear warrior gear with lots of strength, you're gonna get slaughtered. Once I got a decent fast weapon and a good shield with a shield spike, I focused on spell damage, even if it meant wearing non-plate items like a...
Star Belt (levels 35-60)
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=4329
...or...
Lord's Girdle (level 61-???)
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=31138
I've never had more fun playing solo with a character in WoW.
Krick
...
http://www.tankadin.com
native Oct 10th 2007 1:52PM
@3
i voted warrior. my druids hanging at 69 so i can't speak to your "level 70" instance but was it clear that we're talking about endgame?
if you talk class as a whole from 1-70 i don't think anyones making an argument for what a blast warriors are at level 23. Especially if you like to solo more than group.
ian Oct 10th 2007 2:35PM
Rogue.
(stir the pot... stir the pot...)
kuett Oct 10th 2007 1:55PM
definitely rogues... just stealth and go hit behind with the 2 daggers and that's it
Krishan Oct 10th 2007 1:59PM
my warlock...its fun sometimes but it gets boring when no-one even 2v 1 will kill u :< not enough skill needed...levelling a frost mage after patch :>
Sedair Oct 10th 2007 2:00PM
I also voted rogue, not because the class is boring but because it's so damned frustrating. Out of all the classes, this one seems to me to be the most dependant upon a stead latency. There was nothing more frustrating than being in an instance or battleground and seeing "out of range" constantly when you're standing right on top of the mob or player.
Turall Oct 10th 2007 2:24PM
So Paladins are boring? Woohoo! More AOE grinding for me!
Zoidfarb Oct 10th 2007 2:15PM
I for one cannot get into rogues or paladins. The highest I've taken either of those is 22. Thus far shaman is my favorite class to play though.
Delta Oct 10th 2007 2:17PM
Voted Paladin because it's the only class I haven't tried and probably won't for awhile, aside from having a personal distaste for them as my ex cheated on me for one. (Well, he played a paladin, indirect cheat i guess XD) I'll probably try it someday, but my take is if I want to slash things, warrior/rogue, and if i want to heal things, druid/shaman/priest. Pally buffs are the only things awesome, if someone else had them they'd be useless.
Varatil Oct 10th 2007 2:29PM
I voted paladin, though in PvP it's probably one of the most interesting to play. With the relatively low DPS you've gotta work hard and pull out all the stops.
Unless you're Prot vs. Rogue, then it's kinda like leveling.