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Nethaera

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0. Class Forum Change - Update 10/30/2008 10:15:45 AM PDT

Update 5:50 p.m.

With the upcoming release of Wrath of the Lich King and the many changes the expansion brings to classes and mechanics, we have decided to rearrange our forums to make it easier for players to hold constructive discussions. To that end, we have added three role-based forums: Tanking, Damage Dealing, and Healing. Why?

Common ground for common roles. The new structure provides central places for players of diverse classes and specs to discuss their common roles. Until now, there was no one obvious forum for a holy paladin to discuss Arena healing tactics with a restoration shaman, or for a protection warrior to talk tanking mechanics with a feral druid. This often led to splintered, fractured, and redundant discussions.

The class forum structure is great for players of each class to have a sense of identity, but it isn't necessarily effective for taking into account the impact of talents. While lumping together a shadow priest and a holy priest (for example) may be good for maintaining the identity of priests, this isn't always effective in terms of our ability to address the very different roles these two talent specializations fulfill.

Celebrate diversity! While a tank tanks and a healer heals, the specific ways each class and talent build go about these roles are very distinct -- and the addition of new abilities in Wrath of the Lich King will continue to add even more ways to play. The new forum structure will still be a place for a frost mage (for example) to discuss tricks of the trade with other frost mages, while at the same time facilitating an understanding of the unique tools that rogues or other damage-dealers have to perform similar functions.

Help us help you. The new forums will also allow the community team and developers to follow discussions and gather feedback more effectively as the game continues to evolve -- which, ultimately, translates to a better World of Warcraft for you.

Please bear in mind we will have a continued moderation presence on the class forums to ensure discussion remains civil, however, the focus of our posting about class roles will be on the new role-based forums. You can begin using the new forums immediately at the links below:

Tanking- http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=13395580&sid=1

Healing- http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=13395582&sid=1

Damage Dealing- http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=13395581&sid=1

[ Post edited by Zarhym ]

Razandalo

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1. Re: Class Forum Change 10/30/2008 10:17:15 AM PDT

i love this idea!! thank you :)

edit: though i really think you should keep the other class forums. at the very least, you won't have to sift through a page of:

Ret paladins are OP NERF PLZ
Arcane mages are OP NERF PLZ
Boomkins are OP NERF PLZ

Then go over to the tanking forums and see:

LOLFeral
DKs can tank and DPS? Slap in the face

Then go over to the healing forums to see:

Two classes, two holy trees, and they both suck.
GIVE US BACK LIFEBLOOM

etc etc

edit2: I really think that DPS forums also need to be split between melee and ranged, or physical and spell (you know, so the hunters don't get lost :D), especially since there are so many dps specs.

[ Post edited by Razandalo ]

Dorean

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Cenarius

3. Re: Class Forum Change 10/30/2008 10:18:42 AM PDT

whoa.

Tevri

Shandris

4. Re: Class Forum Change 10/30/2008 10:19:26 AM PDT

I do not like this idea. We speak to people in our own classes because they understand us better. A Mage and a Warlock can talk, but neither of them could really understand the other class unless they had played it.

This worries me.

Tiernoc

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Spinebreaker

6. Re: Class Forum Change 10/30/2008 10:21:03 AM PDT

an excellant idea which will (hopefully) bridge some of the class-based flame war problems.

Specialist

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Uldum

7. Re: Class Forum Change 10/30/2008 10:21:17 AM PDT

Q u o t e:

A Mage and a Warlock can talk, but neither of them could really understand the other class unless they had played it.

Wouldnt it be nice though if ppl took the time to understand where the other class is coming from?

Clooney

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Dragonmaw

9. Re: Class Forum Change 10/30/2008 10:21:36 AM PDT

"Celebrate Diversity!"

Lol. Thank you Mr. HR department. :)

Good show, good show!

Demeanor

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Shattered Hand

10. Re: Class Forum Change 10/30/2008 10:21:58 AM PDT

Quite possibly the worst forum change ever made. Wow..........

If you go to the rogue forums on any given day none of the posts are about "dps" but about rogue specific mechanics. Hopefully you'll revert this soon, if not, well, at least EJ has good sorting.

Malandris

Garona

12. Re: Class Forum Change 10/30/2008 10:22:17 AM PDT

I am so not in support of this

Yasmira

Feathermoon

13. Re: Class Forum Change 10/30/2008 10:22:54 AM PDT

While I love the addition of the new forums, I hate the removal of the old ones. Now if I'm looking for mechanics/theorycraft information specifically relating to one class I have to wade through piles of what is essentially spam by every other class which can fill the same role.

*sigh*

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15. Re: Class Forum Change 10/30/2008 10:23:15 AM PDT

This idea is dumb.

And if a holy paladin needs advice, they *gasp* go to the Paladin forums.
A paladin healer isn't gonna receive much help from a druid healer.

Anaba

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Kil'jaeden

16. It's genius. 10/30/2008 10:23:27 AM PDT

This is exactly why Blizzard needs to do this. Almost all class forum posters exist insular from the other classes.

This forces classes to teach other classes about their role mechanics toward new levels of understanding.

It's pure genius.

Q u o t e:
I do not like this idea. We speak to people in our own classes because they understand us better. A Mage and a Warlock can talk, but neither of them could really understand the other class unless they had played it.

This worries me.

[ Post edited by Anaba ]

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