The ONLY Guide Needed To Pick Your Main in Midnight WoW

[00:00] It's the same cycle every WoW expansion.

[00:03] You stare at the character screen and

[00:04] scroll through the options. You open up

[00:06] a tier list and watch a couple YouTube

[00:08] videos, hear about what's broken or

[00:10] safe, and you make a choice. Then 3

[00:11] weeks later, you're either bored or

[00:13] re-rolling. I'm not kidding when I say

[00:15] this. A main choice can either make or

[00:18] break an expansion for people who don't

[00:20] have much time to play. And picking a

[00:22] main should not feel like a gamble. So

[00:25] before Midnight launches, let's stop

[00:26] chasing the meta for a second, stop

[00:28] copying the tier list, and definitely

[00:30] stop pretending like we're about to push

[00:31] race to world first. Instead, let's

[00:34] figure out a class that will perfectly

[00:36] fit you. Because if you pick a main that

[00:39] fits exactly how you want to play the

[00:40] game, not just how you wish to play it,

[00:42] you won't burn out and you can have an

[00:44] amazing expansion experience. Now,

[00:46] here's the real issue. There are over 40

[00:48] different specs to play in World of

[00:50] Warcraft. Tons of play styles, multiple

[00:52] ro types, different levels of even

[00:54] responsibility within each spec.

[00:56] Different class fantasies, and most

[00:57] people try to pick their main by jumping

[00:58] straight into the end and asking one

[01:00] question. What is the best? And I think

[01:03] when you're playing an MMO RPG, that is

[01:05] one of the biggest mistakes you could

[01:06] possibly make. Instead of trying to find

[01:09] the best spec right away, you need to

[01:11] start eliminating these specs that

[01:13] simply just don't fit your gameplay

[01:15] style or feel at all. It's not about

[01:18] finding the strongest class. It's just

[01:20] simply about removing the ones that are

[01:23] wrong for you. So, instead of going with

[01:26] what's meta, we're going to attack this

[01:27] in a couple layers. Because once you

[01:29] eliminate what doesn't fit for you,

[01:31] what's left is not random. It's your

[01:34] main character. With the first stop

[01:36] being figuring out who you are as a

[01:39] player. This is the part of the video

[01:41] where you honestly have to be real with

[01:43] yourself. Are you competitive? Are you

[01:45] chill and laidback? Are you someone that

[01:47] doesn't have much time to play? It's so

[01:49] important to be who you really are

[01:51] rather than something you're not. Do you

[01:53] really care about being at the top of

[01:54] the meters, whether it be for healing or

[01:56] DPS? Do you genuinely find a massive

[01:59] satisfaction from parsing well,

[02:01] optimizing cooldowns, and squeezing out

[02:04] that 1% to get better? Or are you the

[02:06] type of player who just wants to log in,

[02:08] run some keys with your guild or

[02:10] friends, and enjoy the experience

[02:11] without it turning into a second job?

[02:13] Another good question is, are you a

[02:16] leader? Are you more comfortable in a

[02:18] support role? There are some players

[02:20] that naturally want to control

[02:22] situations. They want to set the pace.

[02:24] They want to pull the packs, make the

[02:26] call outs, and organize everything. And

[02:28] then there are some other players who

[02:29] are perfectly happy enabling the group

[02:31] to keeping everyone alive. They set

[02:33] things up for other people. They support

[02:35] from the background. Again, neither is

[02:37] better. But if you pick a class that

[02:39] forces you into a leadership position

[02:41] where you hate pressure, you're going to

[02:43] feel that friction pretty much every

[02:44] step of the way whenever you're playing

[02:45] World of Warcraft. Then there's that

[02:47] question of do you like pressure or do

[02:49] you like comfort? I'll tell you one

[02:51] thing. After a long ass day of work, I'm

[02:55] trying to wind down with World of

[02:57] Warcraft. Sure, I love my high-end

[02:59] content. Every once in a while, I'll do

[03:01] my heroic raiding. I'll do my mythic

[03:03] plus high-end keys and I'll be good to

[03:04] go. But most days I just want to do some

[03:07] solo content like Delves and Prey and

[03:09] casually queue up some dungeons and

[03:11] there's nothing wrong with that and

[03:13] that's coming from a content creator.

[03:15] Other players love high stakes moments.

[03:17] They love being the difference between a

[03:19] wipe and a clear and slightly beating

[03:21] that mythic plus timer. And then there

[03:23] are other players like myself that want

[03:25] something a little bit more stable and

[03:26] predictable where one small mistake

[03:28] doesn't feel like I wasted an hour of my

[03:30] life because I only have a limited time

[03:32] to play. It's important to know, of

[03:35] course, these aren't gameplay questions.

[03:36] They're simple personal identity check

[03:39] questions because if you pick a class or

[03:41] spec that goes against your personality

[03:43] or identity, believe it or not, you're

[03:46] going to end up probably pissed off. I

[03:48] know some players who are very, very

[03:50] casual, but they love the idea of

[03:52] tanking. To be honest, tanking forces

[03:54] you into a role of heavy responsibility

[03:57] and heavy knowledge checks in the game,

[04:00] and it could be a problem for them. So

[04:02] before we talk specs, you need to ask

[04:04] yourself these questions. Who are you

[04:07] when you log into World of Warcraft? Now

[04:11] we need to talk about something even

[04:12] more important than figuring out who you

[04:14] are personally. We need to talk about

[04:16] how you actually like to play the game.

[04:18] Not how you wish you played, not how

[04:20] your favorite streamer or content

[04:22] creator plays. How you actually enjoy

[04:25] logging in and spending your time.

[04:26] Because this right here changes

[04:28] everything. I personally want to be a

[04:30] rank one gladiator in arenas and get a

[04:33] perfect team together for rated RPGs,

[04:35] but as I've gotten older, I realize I

[04:37] don't really give a about PvP

[04:38] anymore. So, you have to be honest with

[04:40] yourself. Do you mostly join pickup

[04:42] groups? Do you run with a lot of random

[04:44] players? Do you like to play solo? When

[04:46] you log in, do you like to do world

[04:48] quests, the new prey system, delves, and

[04:50] maybe if you have extra free time,

[04:51] you'll do a mythic plus key? What if you

[04:53] want to push high-end content like title

[04:55] range for Mythic Plus or Mythic Raiding?

[04:57] As you can see, there's a lot of options

[04:58] here. simply coming out of how you

[05:00] actually like to play World of Warcraft.

[05:02] This is why I think copying tier list do

[05:05] not work. And the reason we make them on

[05:07] this channel is just give you a starting

[05:09] point on picking a class or a spec that

[05:11] you might be interested in. Cuz I think

[05:14] your environment, your IRL schedule,

[05:16] your goals, your group setup, or whether

[05:18] you play solo or whatever definitely

[05:20] helps determine whether a class should

[05:22] feel good or just be miserable for you.

[05:24] So before you think about anything else,

[05:26] you got to ask yourself, what would be

[05:28] my realistically perfect woow week? What

[05:31] would something like that look like?

[05:33] Because your main needs to fit that

[05:36] actual reality. Now, the part we're

[05:38] diving into now is typically where most

[05:40] people start off. But now it would make

[05:42] a lot more sense once you understand

[05:44] yourself, your lifestyle, and even your

[05:46] World of Warcraft playing preferences

[05:47] and habits. Now, first and foremost, the

[05:50] easiest way to trim the fat with all

[05:52] specs in the game, let's talk about roll

[05:55] type. You genuinely need to ask

[05:57] yourself, do I like the idea of

[05:59] potentially healing? Do I like the idea

[06:01] of tanking and the pressure that comes

[06:02] with it? If you don't seriously like the

[06:05] idea of playing a healer or a tank in

[06:07] Mythic Plus or raid content, then you

[06:09] immediately trim out like half the specs

[06:10] in all of World of Warcraft. Personally,

[06:12] listen, I love the idea of playing as a

[06:14] healer or a tank, but I'm never going to

[06:16] pick that as my main character. I don't

[06:18] want the stress and pressure it takes

[06:20] every time to log in to be a healer or a

[06:22] tank. That's why I want to play

[06:24] sometimes casually, just play my DPS and

[06:26] go about my day. You have to know

[06:28] picking a role is honestly about

[06:29] ownership. If you're playing a tank, you

[06:32] control the majority of what's going on

[06:34] in your mythic plus. And typically,

[06:36] you're one of the first people blamed

[06:37] for pretty much everything. But with

[06:39] that being said, you also have the most

[06:40] agency and you can determine how you

[06:42] want to play. You get instant cues.

[06:44] You're in very high demand. are always

[06:46] needed 24/7. Now, if you like having

[06:48] that leadership option, but don't always

[06:50] want that pressure every single night,

[06:52] maybe you pick a class that can tank,

[06:54] but also has another option, whether it

[06:56] be DPS or healing. And speaking of

[06:58] healing, this role type is all about

[07:00] being reactive to the dangers of what's

[07:02] going on. This role type is built on

[07:05] stress, and it's definitely the role

[07:07] type that gets the least amount of glory

[07:09] out of all of them. But you have to

[07:11] know, it is the most powerful. It

[07:14] doesn't matter how amazing your tank is.

[07:16] If your healer sucks, your group party

[07:19] members are going to die. You feel the

[07:21] impact of every decision you make as a

[07:24] healer, and it could definitely be

[07:26] satisfying. But then again, you got to

[07:28] think long term. If all you do is either

[07:30] purely tank or heal, it can be the first

[07:32] ticket train to burning out in World of

[07:34] Warcraft and not wanting to play that

[07:36] character anymore. That's why personally

[07:37] I like to have healing and tanking as an

[07:39] alternate character option and do what I

[07:42] like to do most, which is stressfree,

[07:44] and that's DPS. DPS has the lowest

[07:47] leadership pressure in the game. You

[07:49] literally focus on performance. You

[07:51] optimize, you compete for damage, and

[07:53] it's the most popular role in the game

[07:55] for a reason. Now, I will say if you

[07:56] don't want that flexibility of

[07:58] potentially being able to play as a

[07:59] healer or a tank whenever you want, I

[08:02] would recommend playing a pure DPS

[08:05] class. For example, classes like mage,

[08:07] warlock, hunter, rogue. Within these,

[08:10] you have three different DPS spec

[08:12] options that you can change through

[08:14] constantly, which give you a wide

[08:15] variety of gameplay. If you know you're

[08:17] somebody who likes to reroll constantly

[08:19] and you want to get different gameplay

[08:20] feels every couple of weeks, then pick

[08:22] something stable and flexible that can

[08:24] fit your gameplay style. The biggest

[08:27] mistake I see people make when they're

[08:28] picking a main is that they pick a spec

[08:32] rather than a class as a whole. God

[08:35] forbid you get bored of that spec or

[08:37] that spec gets nerfed and you will be in

[08:39] a lot of trouble out of nowhere. Now, a

[08:41] minor point, believe it or not, you can

[08:43] actually pick a class based on how easy

[08:45] or hard it is to play. Some people like

[08:48] complicated rotations and mastering

[08:50] them. Some people like simple three to

[08:52] four button rotations. There's no right

[08:54] answer here, but if you pick a spec that

[08:56] fights your natural want and I guess

[08:58] sort of gameplay rhythm and style, you

[09:01] could probably feel pretty drained every

[09:03] session. Whether it be because it's too

[09:04] easy or it's too hard. Personally, I

[09:08] love the idea of playing a retribution

[09:10] paladin. I really do. But from a

[09:11] gameplay perspective, it's a little bit

[09:13] too straightforward for me and I find

[09:15] myself getting bored very quickly. I

[09:17] love the complicated nature of playing

[09:19] Arcane Mage. I played it all throughout

[09:20] season 3 of The War Within. But maybe I

[09:23] don't want to have a headache every

[09:24] single time I log in and play. So, I try

[09:26] to find that good middle ground for me.

[09:28] And these are questions you need to ask

[09:30] yourself. And next up, we have one of

[09:32] the most slept on decisions you'll

[09:33] probably make. And believe it or not,

[09:35] it's based off of class fantasy. Now,

[09:38] I'll be upfront and honest. This may not

[09:40] be a big decision for most people, but

[09:42] for personally me, this is a humongous

[09:45] part of picking a class for a season in

[09:48] World of Warcraft. For me, my main

[09:50] character is my identity for the next 6

[09:52] months. It's the character I see every

[09:54] single time I log in. the spell effects

[09:55] filling my screen for solo content like

[09:57] Dells or the character you try to down

[09:59] 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.