[0:00] It's the same cycle every WoW expansion.
[0:03] You stare at the character screen and
[0:04] scroll through the options. You open up
[0:06] a tier list and watch a couple YouTube
[0:08] videos, hear about what's broken or
[0:10] safe, and you make a choice. Then 3
[0:11] weeks later, you're either bored or
[0:13] re-rolling. I'm not kidding when I say
[0:15] this. A main choice can either make or
[0:18] break an expansion for people who don't
[0:20] have much time to play. And picking a
[0:22] main should not feel like a gamble. So
[0:25] before Midnight launches, let's stop
[0:26] chasing the meta for a second, stop
[0:28] copying the tier list, and definitely
[0:30] stop pretending like we're about to push
[0:31] race to world first. Instead, let's
[0:34] figure out a class that will perfectly
[0:36] fit you. Because if you pick a main that
[0:39] fits exactly how you want to play the
[0:40] game, not just how you wish to play it,
[0:42] you won't burn out and you can have an
[0:44] amazing expansion experience. Now,
[0:46] here's the real issue. There are over 40
[0:48] different specs to play in World of
[0:50] Warcraft. Tons of play styles, multiple
[0:52] ro types, different levels of even
[0:54] responsibility within each spec.
[0:56] Different class fantasies, and most
[0:57] people try to pick their main by jumping
[0:58] straight into the end and asking one
[1:00] question. What is the best? And I think
[1:03] when you're playing an MMO RPG, that is
[1:05] one of the biggest mistakes you could
[1:06] possibly make. Instead of trying to find
[1:09] the best spec right away, you need to
[1:11] start eliminating these specs that
[1:13] simply just don't fit your gameplay
[1:15] style or feel at all. It's not about
[1:18] finding the strongest class. It's just
[1:20] simply about removing the ones that are
[1:23] wrong for you. So, instead of going with
[1:26] what's meta, we're going to attack this
[1:27] in a couple layers. Because once you
[1:29] eliminate what doesn't fit for you,
[1:31] what's left is not random. It's your
[1:34] main character. With the first stop
[1:36] being figuring out who you are as a
[1:39] player. This is the part of the video
[1:41] where you honestly have to be real with
[1:43] yourself. Are you competitive? Are you
[1:45] chill and laidback? Are you someone that
[1:47] doesn't have much time to play? It's so
[1:49] important to be who you really are
[1:51] rather than something you're not. Do you
[1:53] really care about being at the top of
[1:54] the meters, whether it be for healing or
[1:56] DPS? Do you genuinely find a massive
[1:59] satisfaction from parsing well,
[2:01] optimizing cooldowns, and squeezing out
[2:04] that 1% to get better? Or are you the
[2:06] type of player who just wants to log in,
[2:08] run some keys with your guild or
[2:10] friends, and enjoy the experience
[2:11] without it turning into a second job?
[2:13] Another good question is, are you a
[2:16] leader? Are you more comfortable in a
[2:18] support role? There are some players
[2:20] that naturally want to control
[2:22] situations. They want to set the pace.
[2:24] They want to pull the packs, make the
[2:26] call outs, and organize everything. And
[2:28] then there are some other players who
[2:29] are perfectly happy enabling the group
[2:31] to keeping everyone alive. They set
[2:33] things up for other people. They support
[2:35] from the background. Again, neither is
[2:37] better. But if you pick a class that
[2:39] forces you into a leadership position
[2:41] where you hate pressure, you're going to
[2:43] feel that friction pretty much every
[2:44] step of the way whenever you're playing
[2:45] World of Warcraft. Then there's that
[2:47] question of do you like pressure or do
[2:49] you like comfort? I'll tell you one
[2:51] thing. After a long ass day of work, I'm
[2:55] trying to wind down with World of
[2:57] Warcraft. Sure, I love my high-end
[2:59] content. Every once in a while, I'll do
[3:01] my heroic raiding. I'll do my mythic
[3:03] plus high-end keys and I'll be good to
[3:04] go. But most days I just want to do some
[3:07] solo content like Delves and Prey and
[3:09] casually queue up some dungeons and
[3:11] there's nothing wrong with that and
[3:13] that's coming from a content creator.
[3:15] Other players love high stakes moments.
[3:17] They love being the difference between a
[3:19] wipe and a clear and slightly beating
[3:21] that mythic plus timer. And then there
[3:23] are other players like myself that want
[3:25] something a little bit more stable and
[3:26] predictable where one small mistake
[3:28] doesn't feel like I wasted an hour of my
[3:30] life because I only have a limited time
[3:32] to play. It's important to know, of
[3:35] course, these aren't gameplay questions.
[3:36] They're simple personal identity check
[3:39] questions because if you pick a class or
[3:41] spec that goes against your personality
[3:43] or identity, believe it or not, you're
[3:46] going to end up probably pissed off. I
[3:48] know some players who are very, very
[3:50] casual, but they love the idea of
[3:52] tanking. To be honest, tanking forces
[3:54] you into a role of heavy responsibility
[3:57] and heavy knowledge checks in the game,
[4:00] and it could be a problem for them. So
[4:02] before we talk specs, you need to ask
[4:04] yourself these questions. Who are you
[4:07] when you log into World of Warcraft? Now
[4:11] we need to talk about something even
[4:12] more important than figuring out who you
[4:14] are personally. We need to talk about
[4:16] how you actually like to play the game.
[4:18] Not how you wish you played, not how
[4:20] your favorite streamer or content
[4:22] creator plays. How you actually enjoy
[4:25] logging in and spending your time.
[4:26] Because this right here changes
[4:28] everything. I personally want to be a
[4:30] rank one gladiator in arenas and get a
[4:33] perfect team together for rated RPGs,
[4:35] but as I've gotten older, I realize I
[4:37] don't really give a about PvP
[4:38] anymore. So, you have to be honest with
[4:40] yourself. Do you mostly join pickup
[4:42] groups? Do you run with a lot of random
[4:44] players? Do you like to play solo? When
[4:46] you log in, do you like to do world
[4:48] quests, the new prey system, delves, and
[4:50] maybe if you have extra free time,
[4:51] you'll do a mythic plus key? What if you
[4:53] want to push high-end content like title
[4:55] range for Mythic Plus or Mythic Raiding?
[4:57] As you can see, there's a lot of options
[4:58] here. simply coming out of how you
[5:00] actually like to play World of Warcraft.
[5:02] This is why I think copying tier list do
[5:05] not work. And the reason we make them on
[5:07] this channel is just give you a starting
[5:09] point on picking a class or a spec that
[5:11] you might be interested in. Cuz I think
[5:14] your environment, your IRL schedule,
[5:16] your goals, your group setup, or whether
[5:18] you play solo or whatever definitely
[5:20] helps determine whether a class should
[5:22] feel good or just be miserable for you.
[5:24] So before you think about anything else,
[5:26] you got to ask yourself, what would be
[5:28] my realistically perfect woow week? What
[5:31] would something like that look like?
[5:33] Because your main needs to fit that
[5:36] actual reality. Now, the part we're
[5:38] diving into now is typically where most
[5:40] people start off. But now it would make
[5:42] a lot more sense once you understand
[5:44] yourself, your lifestyle, and even your
[5:46] World of Warcraft playing preferences
[5:47] and habits. Now, first and foremost, the
[5:50] easiest way to trim the fat with all
[5:52] specs in the game, let's talk about roll
[5:55] type. You genuinely need to ask
[5:57] yourself, do I like the idea of
[5:59] potentially healing? Do I like the idea
[6:01] of tanking and the pressure that comes
[6:02] with it? If you don't seriously like the
[6:05] idea of playing a healer or a tank in
[6:07] Mythic Plus or raid content, then you
[6:09] immediately trim out like half the specs
[6:10] in all of World of Warcraft. Personally,
[6:12] listen, I love the idea of playing as a
[6:14] healer or a tank, but I'm never going to
[6:16] pick that as my main character. I don't
[6:18] want the stress and pressure it takes
[6:20] every time to log in to be a healer or a
[6:22] tank. That's why I want to play
[6:24] sometimes casually, just play my DPS and
[6:26] go about my day. You have to know
[6:28] picking a role is honestly about
[6:29] ownership. If you're playing a tank, you
[6:32] control the majority of what's going on
[6:34] in your mythic plus. And typically,
[6:36] you're one of the first people blamed
[6:37] for pretty much everything. But with
[6:39] that being said, you also have the most
[6:40] agency and you can determine how you
[6:42] want to play. You get instant cues.
[6:44] You're in very high demand. are always
[6:46] needed 24/7. Now, if you like having
[6:48] that leadership option, but don't always
[6:50] want that pressure every single night,
[6:52] maybe you pick a class that can tank,
[6:54] but also has another option, whether it
[6:56] be DPS or healing. And speaking of
[6:58] healing, this role type is all about
[7:00] being reactive to the dangers of what's
[7:02] going on. This role type is built on
[7:05] stress, and it's definitely the role
[7:07] type that gets the least amount of glory
[7:09] out of all of them. But you have to
[7:11] know, it is the most powerful. It
[7:14] doesn't matter how amazing your tank is.
[7:16] If your healer sucks, your group party
[7:19] members are going to die. You feel the
[7:21] impact of every decision you make as a
[7:24] healer, and it could definitely be
[7:26] satisfying. But then again, you got to
[7:28] think long term. If all you do is either
[7:30] purely tank or heal, it can be the first
[7:32] ticket train to burning out in World of
[7:34] Warcraft and not wanting to play that
[7:36] character anymore. That's why personally
[7:37] I like to have healing and tanking as an
[7:39] alternate character option and do what I
[7:42] like to do most, which is stressfree,
[7:44] and that's DPS. DPS has the lowest
[7:47] leadership pressure in the game. You
[7:49] literally focus on performance. You
[7:51] optimize, you compete for damage, and
[7:53] it's the most popular role in the game
[7:55] for a reason. Now, I will say if you
[7:56] don't want that flexibility of
[7:58] potentially being able to play as a
[7:59] healer or a tank whenever you want, I
[8:02] would recommend playing a pure DPS
[8:05] class. For example, classes like mage,
[8:07] warlock, hunter, rogue. Within these,
[8:10] you have three different DPS spec
[8:12] options that you can change through
[8:14] constantly, which give you a wide
[8:15] variety of gameplay. If you know you're
[8:17] somebody who likes to reroll constantly
[8:19] and you want to get different gameplay
[8:20] feels every couple of weeks, then pick
[8:22] something stable and flexible that can
[8:24] fit your gameplay style. The biggest
[8:27] mistake I see people make when they're
[8:28] picking a main is that they pick a spec
[8:32] rather than a class as a whole. God
[8:35] forbid you get bored of that spec or
[8:37] that spec gets nerfed and you will be in
[8:39] a lot of trouble out of nowhere. Now, a
[8:41] minor point, believe it or not, you can
[8:43] actually pick a class based on how easy
[8:45] or hard it is to play. Some people like
[8:48] complicated rotations and mastering
[8:50] them. Some people like simple three to
[8:52] four button rotations. There's no right
[8:54] answer here, but if you pick a spec that
[8:56] fights your natural want and I guess
[8:58] sort of gameplay rhythm and style, you
[9:01] could probably feel pretty drained every
[9:03] session. Whether it be because it's too
[9:04] easy or it's too hard. Personally, I
[9:08] love the idea of playing a retribution
[9:10] paladin. I really do. But from a
[9:11] gameplay perspective, it's a little bit
[9:13] too straightforward for me and I find
[9:15] myself getting bored very quickly. I
[9:17] love the complicated nature of playing
[9:19] Arcane Mage. I played it all throughout
[9:20] season 3 of The War Within. But maybe I
[9:23] don't want to have a headache every
[9:24] single time I log in and play. So, I try
[9:26] to find that good middle ground for me.
[9:28] And these are questions you need to ask
[9:30] yourself. And next up, we have one of
[9:32] the most slept on decisions you'll
[9:33] probably make. And believe it or not,
[9:35] it's based off of class fantasy. Now,
[9:38] I'll be upfront and honest. This may not
[9:40] be a big decision for most people, but
[9:42] for personally me, this is a humongous
[9:45] part of picking a class for a season in
[9:48] World of Warcraft. For me, my main
[9:50] character is my identity for the next 6
[9:52] months. It's the character I see every
[9:54] single time I log in. the spell effects
[9:55] filling my screen for solo content like
[9:57] Dells or the character you try to down
[9:59] these epic raid bosses with with your
[10:00] guild on. It's the armor and tier sets
[10:03] I'm grinding for weeks on end to try to
[10:05] collect. It's the sound my abilities and
[10:07] characters make over and over again. To
[10:09] me, class fantasy as a decision that
[10:12] truly matters. Midnight as an expansion
[10:14] has a much darker and heavier tone in
[10:17] terms of class fantasy and lore and
[10:19] theme and is substantially more
[10:20] atmospheric than things like, you know,
[10:22] Dragonflight and the War Within. You got
[10:24] dark void energy, ancient powers,
[10:26] Everong woods, we're going back to
[10:28] zalot, the world potentially being
[10:30] succumbed to an entirety of darkness. If
[10:32] your class does not fit that class
[10:34] fantasy for you in your head, it could
[10:36] definitely throw you off. So, the
[10:38] question is, does your Vulpira monk
[10:40] really fit that vibe for you this
[10:42] expansion, or are you looking for
[10:43] something different? For example, during
[10:46] season 2 of the War Within the Undermine
[10:48] patch, I was playing a blood elf rogue
[10:50] at the time. I really liked my blood elf
[10:52] at the time, but I didn't think the
[10:54] class fantasy or my transmog and
[10:56] character feel fit into that undermine
[10:58] seasonal patch. So, believe it or not, I
[11:01] race changed him to an engineer Vulpira
[11:03] rogue that was a master at racing down
[11:05] in the undermine, and it completely
[11:07] changed the entire way I played that
[11:09] patch. My point is is that when the hype
[11:11] settles down after an expansion launches
[11:14] and you're logging in after work or late
[11:16] at night, you're not staying around
[11:17] because you're 1% better than the DPS
[11:20] next to you. You're staying because you
[11:22] have a real attachment to the game and
[11:25] your character because the animations
[11:26] feel good. Because it feels good when
[11:28] you hear the sound design, the transmog
[11:30] looks good, and the character feels like
[11:32] one you can head into Midnight with and
[11:34] save the world. You see yourself teaming
[11:37] up with characters like Er, Anduin,
[11:39] Zoljara. If you do not vibe with how
[11:42] your character feels from a thematic
[11:43] standpoint, to me, it's a problem for me
[11:46] mentally down the line. So, I think when
[11:48] you tie something like that together
[11:49] with, you know, the play style that fits
[11:51] your schedule, a role type that fits
[11:53] your personality and then, you know, the
[11:55] philosophies that help you pick a class,
[11:57] whether they're safe or the best or easy
[11:59] or whatever, I think that's when you
[12:01] know you found your main. So, before you
[12:03] click the create character or lock in
[12:05] your main for midnight, here's the
[12:07] priority order I want you to think
[12:09] about. Number one is identity. Who are
[12:12] you as a player? Are you competitive?
[12:14] Are you chill? Are you a leader? Are you
[12:16] a support? Do you prefer pressure? Do
[12:18] you like comfortability and chilling
[12:20] out? If your class fights your
[12:21] personality, you're going to feel it
[12:23] every single session. Number two is
[12:25] lifestyle. How do you actually play
[12:28] World of Warcraft? Do you like to join
[12:30] mostly pugs? Do you only play solo for
[12:33] Delves and Prey? Do you like to push
[12:35] high-end content? Do you like to do
[12:36] casual content? Your main has to fit
[12:39] your realistic schedule and environment,
[12:42] not some fantasy version of yourself
[12:44] that's not realistic. Number three,
[12:46] responsibility and flexibility. Do you
[12:49] want ownership and control? Do you want
[12:51] low pressure? Do you need ro flexibility
[12:53] in case you, you know, want to try out
[12:55] tanking or healing? Pick a class, not
[12:59] just a spec that gives you room to
[13:01] breathe across an entire expansion. And
[13:03] finally, number four, fantasy. Does your
[13:06] character actually excite you? Do the
[13:08] visuals, the hero talents, the armor,
[13:10] and the overall vibe fit Midnight in
[13:13] your head? Because when the hype fades,
[13:16] I think attachment and fantasy is what
[13:18] could keep you logged in. I think if you
[13:20] follow that order, I think you guys will
[13:22] be just fine. You'll land on the right
[13:23] one. I hope you all got some benefit out
[13:25] of this video. If you did and you found
[13:27] it at least a little bit useful, leave a
[13:29] comment below this video saying midnight
[13:31] hype and then follow it with the class
[13:33] you were supposed to be maning heading
[13:35] to the new expansion. I love you guys.
[13:37] God bless every single one of you. By
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[13:45] I promise you guys won't be
[13:46] disappointed. My name is Sky. I'll see
[13:48] you in the next one.