We touched on this a bit when discussing the meta but as of any game in history players are always inclined to choose specifications that are considered to be the most durable and that’s not likely to be the case. The game of wrath, of course, does contain this. All you need to do is look at any tier list from any YouTuber to see the same few classes at the highest levels.
However, what you should be paying the highest attention is just how PAC these middle tiers are. Then, compare it to WoW Classic SoD Gold TBC or retail where classes are either extremely strong or impossible to play. There is very little difference between. TVC was, in fact, the very first time we saw arena and coordinated PvP that we experienced within World of Warcraft history.
Naturally, there numerous flaws that were huge and specs and classes were not created with PvP in mind. raft does a very good job of taking those specs that are rarely seen because of obvious reasons, and giving them the tools that they require to be viable, playable and, at minimum, play a specific function in a specific composition.
The most notable examples are paladins which in TBC do not have instant healing, which makes them very unique, however they do go into wrath which is dealt with and can be incorporated into almost any composition. This definitely helps with balance in the class, and just being a bit more relaxed generally is due to fundamental gameplay.
Looking back at retail for comparability, if your team played arena, you may have experienced a matchup where you’ve sat there and was thinking, no matter what you do you won’t be able to create an impact. It could be doing an endless CC chaining on to healers, but still not enough damage that would finish off a target due to their plethora of defense cooldowns or self healing or just sitting there and doing an exact damage rotation at no cost, and having the sensation of having the pressure instantly healed.
This feeling is very rare. And that’s because the smaller details in your games count so much more. Achieving the most damage is going to result in a kill. Making good CC chains can lead to WoW Classic SoD Gold for sale for sale killings too. Even something as basic as catching interrupts could alter the odds in your favor.
