Rumor: World of Warcraft Survey Teases Potential New Classes

Summary

• A new survey suggests potential future World of Warcraft classes, including Tinker and Bard.
• Blizzard often tests ideas with surveys, like the recent Mythic+ death counter feedback.
• World of Warcraft players should take these potential classes with a grain of salt for now.

A recent survey allegedly sent to World of Warcraft fans seemingly explores the concepts for 16 new classes, from popular ideas like Tinker and Bard to brand-new archetypes like the Titankiller and Prismatic. While it should be taken with a grain of salt, World of Warcraft players could see some of these ideas in future classes, specializations, or other features like Hero Talents in the future.

Blizzard occasionally sends out surveys to its fans to get a read on community reception to certain ideas. One such recent World of Warcraft survey about Mythic+ dungeons seemingly tested the waters on a death counter for the challenging instances, rather than the existing timer system.

Now, some players have come forth with another survey that apparently explored ideas for over a dozen new classes. Shared by German World of Warcraft fan site Chromie.de, and translated by Enrif on the MMO-Champion forum, this survey introduced concepts ranging from popular ideas like the Tinker and Bard to brand-new classes like the Celestial Lancer and the Astrologian. This suggests Blizzard could be testing the waters on different classes, specializations, or Hero Talents in the future.

Potential World of Warcraft Survey Class Ideas

• Apothecary: Masters in the creation of potions and brews, which they use to harm enemies and empower and heal allies. They create unique combinations of elements, and give potions varying effects, be it explosive, toxic, or granting extreme power.
• Artificer: Melee-based Tanks, Damage dealer and Healer, that use a mix of handmade machines and titan-technology. Mechanic-reactive gear is the foundation of their power, while utilizing new weapon types like extendable flails or reactive shields. This class is on the front lines of battles and protects and supports their team with their inventions.
• Astrologian: Mighty spellcasters that use the cosmic powers of the stars and gravity to deal devastating damage. They utilize celestial energies to cast spells, manipulate gravitational fields, summon meteor swarms, and create star explosions.
• Bard: Supporter, Healer, and Tanks, that utilize the Song of Azeroth to cast mighty spells, support their allies, and weaken their enemies. Bards shine in a group, empowering and improving the spells of others and at the same time bringing numerous songs and auras to help their group reach new heights.
• Battlemage: Battlemages empower their weapons with the might of the elements, to aid their allies, weaken foes, and create constructs to control the battlefield.
• Celestial Lancer: Warriors, that use spears and titan magic, that are empowered by the gods for quick jumps and strikes.
• Gunner: Quick, offensive ranged combat characters that wield two pistols at the same time. They apply different elemental effects to their weapons to create the deadliest arsenal of destruction against their foes.
• Gunslinger: Cunning and agile melee combatants that use two pistols are once. Their sharp eyes allow them to see the weak points of enemies and deal with them quickly.
• Leyweaver: Leyweaver are connected via leylines to the natural powers of Azeroth. Their connection to these arcane power lines allows them to move quickly along them and to manipulate the unseen energies that flow through everything – they help allies, deal damage to enemies, or buff and debuff as wanted.
• Necromancer: Summon an army of undead that follow your commands and overrun enemies in combat. They combine different summoning spells to build the perfect army.
• Prismatic: As heirs to titanic Power, Prismatics are carriers of cosmic powers that can not only be used in their purest forms, but their transcending powers can be merged to new powers. They refine and focus the power of life to heal allies, or the powers of order to protect themselves, or they merge the combined powers of death and shadow to deal damage to enemies.
• Spellbreaker: Melee characters that specialize in combat against magical powers. They ward with magic, but they can also empower their gear with the magic of their enemies to improve their combat capabilities.
• Tinker: Genius inventors, who have uncovered the secrets of the titan technology, and use it to protect their allies, heal wounds, and attack enemies. Through their understanding of machines, tinkers can create inventions (custom-made skills/spells), control Mech-Suits, and deploy mechanical constructs to create an advantage in combat.
• Titankiller: Titankillers combine the sword fragments of Taeshalach and Gorribal to use the powers of Gorshalach and connect to the cosmic powers of the titans, to destroy any threat to Azeroth.
• Warden: Versatile, armored hunters, who, with their art of chakrams and traps, employ devastating ranged and melee attacks.
• Witch: Damage dealers and Healers that use “old magic” to reach towards darker, natural powers. Their magic includes curses, familiars, rituals, spiritual connections, poisons, decay, and more. This class builds onto the teachings of witches and dark magicians of WoW, including the witches of Drustvar, the Gilnean harvest witches, the decay Gnolls and Troll hexes, and spirit magic.

Some of these class ideas are deeply steeped in World of Warcraft lore. The Tinker, Spellbreaker, Battlemage, Warden, and Necromancer, for example, have all appeared elsewhere in the franchise and would fit naturally in the game. On the other hand, ideas like the Leyweaver, Titankiller, and Astrologian would mesh well with the Titan-centric theme of the Worldsoul Saga, even though they have never been seen before.

It is important to note that this is a translation of a rumored survey, meaning fans should temper their expectations in regard to the ideas. It is possible none of these ideas could appear in the game – indeed, these surveys often bring up concepts that are not currently being considered, sometimes simply to gauge interest, and other times to distract players from what they are really trying to ask about. However, the prominence and depth of World of Warcraft concepts like the Necromancer and Battlemage throughout the survey, especially in contrast to other class ideas that are less thought out, suggests Blizzard may actually be considering them.

Either way, World of Warcraft is due for a new class somewhere in the Worldsoul Saga. Historically, WoW has received a new class every other expansion, save the three-expansion gap between the Demon Hunter in Legion and WoW: Dragonflight’s Dracthyr-only Evoker class. Assuming it follows precedent, Midnight or The Last Titan will likely have at least one new class. If it does, fans will have to see if one of these concepts makes it in – or if they manifest as additional class specializations, Hero Talents, or other similar features.