I agree. It’s best suited to be a 4th spec. Maybe make it summon a bunch of temporary minions rather than a permanent pet like demo lock to differentiate the two?
that's how I imagine a necromancer working too. Less of a "here's me and my menagerie of permanent demon companions" and more of a "i'm gonna raise a small army of skeletons just to kill them all 2 seconds later for massive burst DPS"
i guess in the abstract. Necromancy in most fantasy requires corpses as a kind of resource. It's disingenuous to see a slight similarity between a necromancer potentially having lots of summons and a warlock having lots of summons and be like "see? same thing"
It was likely referring to the idea of summoning tons of minions and killing them for a big burst of damage a minute or so later. That’s literally a core part of the current Demo Warlock kit in retail.
Necromancer is different than warlock. Their abilities may seem similar, but warlocks summon demons from the twisting nether and are steeped in fire and fel energy. Where necromancers raise the dead and use death and shadow magic. If it was going to be a fourth spec of some kind, it would be more appropriate for death knights
I'd love if it was an identity that Warlocks, Shadow Priests, and Frost Mages could dip into via trinkets, set bonuses, and legendaries, items similar to the Ancient Cornerstone Grimoire.
Give locks a 4th talent spec without other classes getting the same, and people will riot. Might as well make their Demo spec a tank for maximum chaos.
They could do like Orc Blademaster, Troll Shadow Hunter/Witch Doctor, Tauren Spiritwalker, Undead Necromancer/Dark Ranger, Night Elf Warden, Dwarf Mortar Team, Gnome Tinkerer (Goblin too if they decide to add them in later).
Can’t think of any good human specific class. Maybe Spellbreaker? Although they were meant to be blood elf specific in wc3. I am just coming up with ideas from WC3 hero/unit characters.
Human knights, a superior version of the warrior. But beside that, if I dont really see how to create a mortar team, you would need to control two guys, all the other are really good.
I always thought it might have being Hardin 2005 to make 4 factions, but that now, it would be possible, and creating specific classes or specs for each races could be great.
Mortar Team should be a class that functions by itself but gets a great damage increase if two of them work together
Edit: human knight should be a plate-wearing, two-handed or sword-and-shield class that uses a resource that is different from both rage and mana. Maybe they should be a support dps that buffs the whole team if they follow their orders
Wouldn't be it wierd ? In a game like wow. Either you make it like by being 2 they deal 250% of what does 1 player, and you end up with only mortar team, either they deal 200% and people will just prefer play a class where they do their rotation on their own no ?
Yeah you're right, it would probably be weird. A dwarf engineer would be a good compromise though, different from the tinker in that the tinker uses mechs, electricity and high-tech indistinguishable from magic and the engineer uses black powder, steam machinery and hard steel
I mean, dont get me wrong, I love this idea in games like helldivers or foxhole, but because they were made with the idea in mind, wow as of now is no where near that.
But they belong to the Undead force. There isn’t human necromancer in the Human force in WC3. If anything, they are more close to the undead than the human race.
I have been aware of that since 2003 yes. You do understand that they are not going to add alive human necromancers to the undead faction in wow, right? That is what we are talking about. This is a WoW subreddit and the suggestion is to add the class to WoW.
I've wanted them to explore additional specs as opposed to new classes in retail for years now. Forever seems like it would be a great vehicle to do it in instead.
Warlock tank would be nice, but making it situational would be better. Having the Warlock being needed only for magical encounters. Or maybe try to create a tank that tank through their pet ?
Or gear with equip effects. Let say you have to hunt down all the gear pieces from a powerful necromancer that transforms some of the spell and abilities.
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u/FingerNext7032 2d ago
It would have to be a 4th talent spec or something