I'm not exactly sure what to think about the proposed idea for the current Hero class at the moment. On one hand the idea of the Death Knight sounds really cool, but I honestly wish it were more of a specialized/hybrid class that you could spec into with your main, opposed to a glorified alt character that is pre-leveled.

I always saw Hero classes as more of a specialization selected for a class based on their talent selections. I.E. a Fury Warrior at 70 could choose between going into a Barbarian Class (just an example) with more a completely new set of enchanced DPS melee abilities, or a Death Knight class with a new set of melee/ranged magic DPS abilities. Keeping the same train of thought, there would also be additional classes options for Prot and Arms specced warriors. However, Warriors would not be the only classes with access to the Barbarian or Death Knight classes. Other classes such as Paladins, Rogues and potentially Shaman could also spec into these Hero Classes. The twist comes in with the fact that now a Rogue and a Warrior could potentially have the same abilities based on the Hero Class abilities they selected from 70-80, however their base abilities would remain the same.

This is of course alot of theorycraft and not really fleshed out. Essentially I hoped that the Hero Classes would in someway expand upon the abilities and class types provided by the different talent specs available to each class. I really want to be able to build upon my new character and get to try new abilities with him instead of just unlocking some alt that everyone will be able to unlock along the way.

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Listening to people in bg chat is what made me pro choice.

We currently have no plans to implement Hero Classes in this fashion. We are aware that the term has been around for a long time and there has been a lot of talk in how they will function, so there is a lot of built up ideas on how people want them to work. We decided want them to be unique classes that provide a new experience for people.

We don't want Hero Classes to be more powerful than the current classes in the game. We are only planning to implement the Death Knight in Wrath of the Lich King as we want it to be fun while fitting in with the other classes that exist.

We also don't want people to convert to one and lose the character they had. We don't want people to feel there are consequences of trying out a new class in the game.

Our goal is to make Hero Classes a fun new feature that a lot of people try out and enjoy.