An Early (Speculated) Look at the Tinker Class Abilities in Battle for Azeroth

[@alaskaball188]

What if they have a turret spec for dps, a chemical spec for healing, and a mech spec for tank?

[@stanislavkoev467]

Well.Maybe tinkers will have more specs than druids.

[@mightyblue3426]

@@stanislavkoev467 as many specs as druids** They just need to have tank/melee/ranged/heals to be on par. I would prefer just tank/ranged/heals. We really don't need more melee classes after DK/Monk/DH.

[@stanislavkoev467]

@@mightyblue3426 I don't know,tinker with not having melee spec is kinda strange for me.

[@TheRealGigachad1848]

I actually want a techno-mage spec for ranged dps.

[@stanislavkoev467]

@@TheRealGigachad1848 What did you mean by techno-mage?

[@jaxium7179]

Ah. Orgrimmar is going to get filled with Goblin Tinkers, especially in Argent Dawn EU...brace yourselves.

[@Dogmelter42]

Wyrmrest Accord is going to be filled with... Ugghhh. Gnomes.

[@choonbox]

Horde, on Argent Dawn? Ha Ha

[@Dovahnuke]

Orgrimmar is never filled with anything on AD EU.

[@The-Chps]

@@Dovahnuke Its filled with the Hand of Conquest

[@FinchesFables]

Brace your elves

[@AdamShwaginz]

this made me 10x more hyped for tinkers

[@chaoslance4959]

How much did Taliesin pay you for this video? O.o :P

[@mightyblue3426]

Have you never read the Warcraft table top RPG book? Tinker class was something long before T&E started making videos. So hush with the "omg someone paid you to say this" bollocks.

[@SawErKulbain]

@@mightyblue3426 relax bruh, dude was clearly joking

[@chaoslance4959]

@@mightyblue3426 A) Warcraft RPG is not canon for quite some time now (I think Metzen proclaimed it non-canon by the time of Cataclysm, but don't quote me on that). B) Yes, I am well aware of it. C) Considering recent theme of T&E prediction videos, considering MrGM's previous cameos in T&E videos and considering this video starts with freakin' T&E joke, I thought it would be appropriate to make this silly joke. I also thought that putting "O.o :P" there would be sufficient disclaimer for some shorter-sighted ppl who would take it seriously. Well, it seems I was wrong on that one. Sorry to offend you, I will just go cry back into the dark corner of my cave.

[@MysticLegend31]

@@chaoslance4959 yo man, I'mma let you leave, but before that I gotta say, T&E had the best tinker class video in 2018.

[@ninaloveray]

Mighty Blue you didn’t get the joke lol

[@papabeanguy]

Other then possible being used for the alleged tinker class I think Bizz added the level requirements because the AI on island expeditions are supposed to be like players so it makes sense

[@alfarrabious]

We need tinker heroic class only gnome and goblin to promote this races...

[@LBPS]

Tank mode using mecha, like druid tank in bear form.

[@joemansson]

Probably has its own health bar and you have tank abilities inside the mech and outside? Could be some kind of ressource

[@LBPS]

@@joemansson Outside i dont think soo, cause gnome himself tank its kind strange, need the mech all time.

[@joemansson]

@@LBPS but thats just Bear form 2.0

[@LBPS]

@@joemansson Ye, and hunter need competition with A guns drop too, have just 2 two mail in the game and this gonna be great if happens.

[@regalbryant902]

@@joemansson That's how I see it. Maybe when the mech is offline the Tinker relies on kiting enemies, using abilities like the decoy from the start of the video and taking potshots while running away until the mech comes back online. I've always thought a Tinker tank would work in a similar way to Demon hunter Metamorphosis, but in reverse. With the tank spending most the time in their mech, but after reaching a certain damage threshold, or overheating or whatever the mech needs time to repair itself leaving the squishy tinker pilot vulnerable, having to improvise until they can hop back in the cockpit. That seems like it could make for an interesting gameplay loop, at the very least it would unlike anything else in the game at the moment

[@Monkey___]

They could create an unique class for all races. Gnome: Tinker, Goblin: Sapper, Orc:Blademaster, Night elf: Warden, Undead: Lich(Necromancer), Void elf: Voidcaster, Troll: Witchdoctor, Tauren: Spirit walker, Dwarf: Explorer(Mountain King)...etc something like that.

[@kraakelol]

Blademaster = warrior, warden = warrior/hunter?, lich/necromancer = DK(possibly lock), voidcaster = SP or mage reskin, witch doctor = shaman, spirit walker = druid?, explorer = hunter. There you go! I made it happen for you!✌

[@GralshnakVideos]

I mean tinker next expansion would be nice as long as they don't rush it out like they did with BFA

[@TheCooderix]

Or give them two specs, as oppose to three. ;)

[@Tyreus1]

the "next expansion" gimmick is more rushed every xpac^^ precisely because customers give blizz trust every time and since it's more rushed every time it makes more profit every time. Customers will need a helmet to buy next xpac cause blizz 's gonna throw it to their face xD

[@devincampbell5007]

@@TheCooderix not everything needs 3+ specs and they even said they wish hunter and rogue were both 2 spec classes instead of 3 spec

[@valdee8979]

I really hope that Tinker is next class, so cool idea.

[@jereboy2005]

If they do add tinkers. I really hope they keep them as goblin and gnome only. And maybe any allied races they add based on those two. As long as they are shorties.

[@jereboy2005]

@WowJedi then they can play goblin or gnome or not play the class like they did with demon hunters. But that's just my hope, I know those races are unpopular and probably wouldn't be restricted if this class ever becomes a reality.

[@choonbox]

*THIS. EXACTLY THIS* . No more elves, and no more monk shenanigans (UD monk pls, Orc Monk Pls) If not this then give them the druid treatment, two per faction. done! Alliance: Gnome, Dwarf. Horde: Undead, Goblin

[@TheXhenah]

I agree however because all races have their own sort of tanks or war glaives or whatnot it wouldn’t make any sense not to have other races with tinkering

[@anlaaranilde]

the only race that would even be reasonably not be able to be tinkers would be night elves due to how anti-technology they are it's not like demon hunters which literally were only the elves that followed illidan on his mad crusade

[@TheSpydetector]

I hope they DONT. There's many other races perfectly capable of engineering prowess : Orcs, Draenei (space travellers), dwarves, Humans, Forsaken,... I highly doubt blizz would restrict a brand new class behind the less popular races (especially Gnomes).

[@RaptorJesus.]

gazlowe in Heroes of the storm is a tinker and has some of these skills (deth lazer, xplodium charge, rock-it turrets, speed boost, grav bomb.)

[@victarion6294]

Question When Tinkers go to broken isles at 110 will they have order hall, artifact or class quests

[@an_inked_geek]

Will play this class 100%

[@valdee8979]

If this class comes it will be my main 100%

[@bluknight99]

OOOOOOO! A mech suit MOUNT sort of like the movement form that Druids get. That'd be kinda neato.

[@InsertTheCoin1997]

not mount, but counted like an extra armor would be unique

[@hurricaneflorence7612]

nEaT0

[@pupiktlusto7860]

They won't give tinkers a unique mount, just because goblins and gnomes already have racial mech-based mounts.

[@regalbryant902]

Turbo boost seems more like a mount than sprint. The tooltip specifies that it boosts speed outside of combat. I'd imagine that Turbo boost is an ability that allows tinkers to use their mech-suit as a mount, Kind of like the Worgen non-mount ability/Druid travel form.

[@nicwin4006]

Ive been waiting for something interesting and exciting; some little spark that will reignite my warcraft flame. This class might just do it. Really interesting stuff

[@ineffablebeing4276]

Mag’har orc/ regular orc tinkers would definitely give off a 40k feeling.

[@slyguy8931]

I hope only Goblins, Gnomes, Vulpera, Dwarves/Dark Iron Dwarves can be Tinkers. :) Tank gets a mech suit. Healers get turrets. I want a commando-style ranged DPS, like MM Hunter, but better.

[@krumpits]

Id rather have their dps spec get the choice between melee or ranged. Mostly cause I just wanna run around with a big wrench/hammer smacking people while throwing out back up turrets and shit.

[@slyguy8931]

@@krumpits That could be interesting, as well.

[@UKCrazy007]

@@krumpits Yes! I really want to be able to go melee or range, with lots of turrets and maybe a mech cooldown, or better yet you go in and out of the mech like D-Va from Overwatch. which makes sense, Blizz tends to use abilites across games.

[@DarthMoordenaar]

Rock-It! Turret, Deth Lazor, Xplodium Charge and Grav-O-Bomb 3000 are abilities from HotS's Gazlowe, and Gazlowe is a Melee Tinker, he doesnt attack directly, he uses his mecha (Robo-Goblin) to attack.

[@yvindgielink2379]

Strange with level requirements? It's been a while since I played, but I thought most skills had some sort of level requirement? You get everything at level one now?

[@stephensquillacote8503]

I feel there’s a lot of flexibility with this class as far as race. Many of the old and allied races have some sort of “construct” that could be themed to a Mec suite if they wanted to go the way of the monk and allow many races to be tinkers.

[@BuonoTorta]

Tinker would have to be tank/dps/healer. Tank would be a mech-melee based spec using aoe abilities to keep aggro, would be similar to bear tank were as you "transform" into the mech and it increases your armor and threat generation. (The mech form could change color based on hair color, again similar to bear tank) The dps would be about throwing bombs and using turrets/robots, it would be ranged giving us a second gun/bow/crossbow class, it would have high aoe damage with some decent single target damage. The healer would be an alchemist tinker, using robots and alchemy to heal and buff their allies while also doing damage to enemies, similar to its dps counterpart it would have high aoe healing and decent single target healing. The Alchemist and DPS could also be "pet specs" with the ability to "construct" a robot like a warlock or to "override" a mechanical creature like a hunter (if override hunters would still have the mech family but Tinkers would have their own pet families with the mechanical creatures, I.E "Golem", "Mechanospider", etc) I think for alliance, tinkers would be gnomes, draenei, and dwarves. While for the horde, tinkers would be goblins, forsaken, and orcs. Optional allied races for the class could be LF Draenei, Mag'har, and Dark Irons.

[@Randall_Kildare]

This is all pretty fantastic & I do so hope to see an absurdly fun class like this introduced to the game. Very creative of you GM, thanks.

[@LupusInFabula80]

Saw, deth laser, flame breathing, electrical shock and that dome thing are obvious tank abilities (prob the mech suit variant) ... They look like some variations of existing tank abilities of different varieties

[@sidzeslothe3558]

I could see mechs for tanking kinda like bear form. With it would be shields, damage resist abilities, aoe shockwave which can slow attack speed, stuff like that.

[@vaskitheinsane3985]

I would like to even see deranei tinkers, since they have such advanced tech etc. would be cool to see how they take each races lore and tech to make each tinker race option unique in their own right!

[@oldaccount1378]

several of the horde tinker spells are named after abilities that gazlowe has in heroes of the storm

[@seven2eight2]

That blue ring is recycled from MM hunter Aimed Shot. I like it too. Simple but cool.

[@joshuatunis6732]

Tinkers will be a ranged dps and tank class that wears mail.

[@mattcary8734]

So we are getting a new class this expansion?

[@greenchilistudioz4537]

if they are playable class, the races that can be tinker be gnomes and goblin, they can teach mag'har orcs, orcs, light draenei, amd draenei! and their armor type can be mail and can use mace and shields cause of rench and mechanic gear shields, and use guns cause of engineer related...

[@JC-ok4yx]

There needs to be a link in the description to Taliesin and Evitel's video.

[@joemansson]

Do the abilities of the other teams have level reqs?

[@adianblabla]

They might be a stealth class with a Stealth Field Generator, so that's what the vanish might be for.

[@sam_irl]

A question: Do the other AI have spells with level requirements on them? If they don't and the tinkers are unique in that sense then that's a pretty big sign that tinkers are on the cards.

[@MrDEMarq]

So, another new class ace held back through a reputation grinder?

[@franknemragoldz.mairena2676]

This video is amazing! and the Tinker class is something wow need . I definitely will play it !!

[@mardouk1992]

Loved that video man. Thank you so much.

[@Nifty__Swifty]

Could turboboost just be their mechsuit turning into a class mount? It would make sense since it requires level 20 and only works out of combat.

[@beemaister4316]

if the tinkers do become playable, i want them to be a tank/DPS Class. the tank can pilot an awesome mech suit similar to the druid's bear form, and the DPS can use guns along with gadgets

[@crusadersnake4159]

Do you think they will were mail or leather?

[@gevura147]

i would re roll into a tinker if it came to be please blizzard for the love of the game don't disappoint me

[@Bowhunterwt]

I like this ideas for a Tinker Class

[@DaveZerO9086]

If the Tinker class becomes real, it would be cool that as in other occasions Blizzard introduced 2 new NPCs, one for each faction, at least that they were class or profession instructors, vendors, part of some mission chain or whatever, and they were named as Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla through some game of words like Blizzard usually use... you know, for that of the Tinker class, inventions, electricity, explosions and all that.

[@birdmammal2025]

I would really love to see a tinker class that could be a tank with a mech suit, a range DPS that uses bombs and explosives and be able to heal with bots. It would be a dream come true

[@sveik_]

I really hope there’s a bruiser melee incarnation of tinker like the scrapper engi in gw2. If the tinker is a thing, that is.

[@tsiezieniewski]

Well i like that was a Hero klas like DH for Darkelf and Bloodelf. That that klas can get Gnomes and goblins onley.

[@ricohoard9307]

Totally love to play this class.

[@mykaelnyx8821]

You said the flamethrower attack looks weird on the gnome, and I would agree as the head jerks up and forward shooting flames diagonally upward and then forward again oh, but you got to realize gnomes are at knee to crotch height on most people so you want to hit them in the knees and the face LOL

[@basvisiongeek]

I am all on board for Tinkers as the next class, but I do hope we will get Blademasters as a hero class in the very near future. to me it is the iconic class next to the demon hunter. Blizz even opened ways to add them to the alliance as well, but they could also open the factions, and have another hero class for the alliance (like warden) and both can be recruited by the other faction. But that is a game philosophy topic

[@matthewbird5444]

What if Tinkers worked like D'va from Overwatch.

[@EguiulNava]

I just pray that Worgens can be tinkers!

[@nono17775]

What if Tinkers are like shamans and have 2 dps specs and then a tanking or healing spec. Or all 4, the healing spec could use syringes and stimpacks + medic bots and have a brez that shocks the player back to life. Tanking spec would have a giant mech suit and buzz saws and bombs. When the suit is destroyed the Tinker can pop out like a Dva lol. The 2 dps specs could be ranged and melee. Melee could focus around building static and chargin their enemies up before zapping them. The ranged class could focus on rockets, turrets, and bombs and might have a mech dps cooldown as well, like a fire elemental.

[@ban-iu1sg]

Fun fact: Blizzard was supposed to release the Tinker class in BFA with the compliments of Mechagon. But, they fail as a Developer

[@kaelthas9970]

The ones with huge animations are propably for mech.

[@NazarusGG]

Turret, Bomb and deth lazor are spells from gazglowe in heroes of the storm

[@blazindragon1833]

Some of those Abilities definitely look like they would fit for a mech. Also a few of those Abilities are used by Gazlowe in heroes of the storm. I hope we get the WC3 tinker Abilities

[@aureliabackup7313]

Wait why do NPC abilities have level requirements?

[@emptypoofy9231]

because, these NPCs are supposed to simulate real players, and real classes. That is where this whole tinker as a class thing came from

[@latentsymphony2746]

Shouldn't the Grav Bomb imply and Implosion?

[@lockematthews6049]

I'd like to see dreani as tinkers. They have the lore. Hell they traveled across space

[@leykosminotauros]

I wrote it under taliesin s video when it came out, don't forget guys about Gazlowe from HotS! He is a tinker and summons turrets and bomb that pulls all as an ultimate

[@choonbox]

As long as Tinkers play like Gazlowe in Heroes of the Storm, then yes please.

[@choonbox]

Their heal spec can be Lt. Morales, or Ana from Overwatch. Their damage spec more like Tychus from Starcraft.

[@omarsameh5007]

actually most of these abilitys exist in hearthstone card art , heal bot , boom bot nearly all of them

[@zevahc3928]

I want to see a healing ability that puts a HoT that heals for more over time and can have stacks. Something that is different. Also, I think Tinkers are going to be a mid-range dps like a Survival Hunter, except the bulk of their abilities can be done at range.

[@kairesu5847]

i need.... this.... NOW . Hopefully activision doesnt denies this

[@TheCooderix]

www.wowhead.com/bluetracker?topic=68419&region=us

[@stevecain6377]

Tinker class coming in next expansion, WoW: Escape From Activision

[@Lupinemancer87]

Never cared much for the Tinker class, but after seeing, not only this video but also T&E's video, now I am hyped for them. I hope they do become a thing.

[@valeclaw1697]

Just wanna point out the mog and gun on the opening is the same i use on my gnome haha

[@kraakelol]

The big drawback for me is if so many spells have a ground/area effect with a charge time.

[@Worldofgamerkools89]

What I'm hoping for is kind of along the same path. I'm hoping for another Ranged class. Something like Tank, Ranged Bomber, and a Caster type. Ranged bomber would use the bomb abilities, turrets, and a Bow/Gun/Crossbow as we have 1 class that currently uses those weapons.Tank would use Turrets and their Shield Wall could be the Mech Suit. It would act like Demon form for Demonology Warlocks back in the day where they'd jump into melee and start using those melee abilities and take less damage then drop turrets or something as they dummy disengage backwards back to ranged. Still using a bow, but also blocking with them maybe. Lastly use gadgets or something to cast spells and be another Hybrid class with tiny heals and CC. Maybe like Ele sham. I think these days the thought of Hybrid classes arent what they used to be really, but still Hybrid. Doesnt have to be Hybrid, could be a full dps ranged caster since we only have Warlock/Mages anyways.

[@mistershibeman5959]

what do you guys think will be the requirements?

[@---tr8fx]

healing class without magic, my dream.

[@Fransens]

So basically they used Gazlowe from HotS and some things from the tinkerer class in the P&P RPG.

[@sirlagsalot8423]

I would like to see a turret or heavy weapons ranged but would ABSOLUTELY LOVE. To see a melee mech dps spec

[@dalthewarrior6066]

oh that shock thing might be like the shamans storm thing that throws enemies (don't know names but yea)

[@NetherCrafterSMC]

Me personally im hoping for ranger/dark ranger for the horde and they can have melee and bow abilities with maybe a subclass with dark power like the dark ranger, and then sentinels for the alliance with the same melee and bow build and maybe they can use Elune magic :D I think it would be so cool and the chance for alliance and horde specific classes like the old days

[@lloydgush]

Weapons: ranged: guns and throw. Melee, daggers, maces. (yes, no staves, or axes) Amor: Mail or cloth. All specs will have physical damage scale with intelligence. Specs: tank-mech or heavy, dps-artillery, healer-medic or chemist. Starting profile will be the artillery line, able to "construct" a ranged pet. Artillery: making turrets, melee dps pet, launching exploding projectiles, more disengage, mobility options and traps. Heavy: Range reduced, global speed reduced, bigger ability speed increase, ranged dps pet, taunt decoys (biggest range will be taunts), melee abilities decoupled from weapon damage, eventually getting a mech, lot's of active mitigation, specially before mechs are online. Get's a new "health" bar for mech armor, depleted and a new mech has to be summoned, excess dps when destroyed doesn't spill over. When in mech, healer doesn't heal character, but it's absorbed by a "grounding" passive ability to "fix" the mech, which results in reduced healing. Great off tank, not so great in mono tank bosses. Large cool down ability to summon a second mech for renewed mech "armor", intended to be used if it breaks down, not enough on really long encounters. Chemist: Autofire can target friendly and heal them, more crowd control, healing bots, healing turrets, great raid healing, poor tank healing, great raid buffs, battle res with a downside. A lot more that I think it will have. Like, healers will have mostly lightning based dps. All will have some sort of mech/power armor for the spec. Also, there's a chance all races that can be warriors will get this.

[@lloydgush]

Oh, I forgot, they will have a half mechanized undead allied race. Maybe they will call it "the constructed", the ideia is that to cure undeath one must stop being living, as in, forcibly reversing the curse of flesh. The motive behind it is that sylvanas is not the only one who saw a cruel afterlife. (hard to know if her's was an illusion, or theirs, but it's a motivation) It's both an easier way for an eternal life without worrying about failing bodies, resurrection after resurrection, and a way to avoid being sent to a dark place after their final death.

[@lloydgush]

Either all races that can be warriors can be tinkers, or they are all tiny or extremely skinny.

[@NeutralTea]

Rock-IT Turret, Deth Lazor, Xplodium is all on Heroes of thew Storm. Gazlowe is the character. Try it out you'll recognize alot of these skills.

[@gatrgamr3114]

this would be the thing to make me play as a Goblin or Gnome, i was hoping instead of armor you just have your character sticking out of a mech suit, so you are on same height of the other taller races.

[@youstolemyhandleyoutwat]

Yes. Yes. Cloth armor specialist. Maybe even leather, but not mail or plate.

[@Azevin]

As a tank player myself, I hope this class doesn't have a tank spec. We have enough classes that can tank already. To make use of the mecha-suits, for DPS, I'd imagine a FFXIV Red Mage style. Charge up the mecha-suit at range, once charged, ram the enemy and turn into a melee damage dealer. Once the suit is out of charge, explode the suit, knocking the tinker back and turn into a ranged damage dealer again.

[@mikaylag4233]

Anti gravity ability would be interesting to see from the class.

[@BoxamusPrime]

Would absolutely love this :) I feel obligated to play a Goblin one

[@kcringe6340]

I'm not super into tinkers I would rather get the necromancer class ( and with all the death stuff in the story recently i'm hopeful) but I guess it depends on how fun the tinkers will be.

[@blues2717]

Death Knights are necromancers xD literally got an ability called "Necromancer's Bargain"

[@Joselopez-ix2nv]

i have to disagree with you on this just because we already have death knights and warlocks i dont think they could add anything new to the table that dks and locks already bring in but on the other hand tinkers could bring in a new hybrid class or something we have yet to see much more exciting and new gameplay

[@youstolemyhandleyoutwat]

Get out of here with the whole necromancer.

[@theinterspeciesreviewer7400]

A nercromancer class might have been cool back in the old days of wow. But now we need more advanced FUTURE type shit like nukes, bigass machines, and stuff.

[@melisandre6324]

ignore these twats that don’t understand the difference between warlock dk and necro lmfao. necro would be cool.

[@Boxfortress]

If this does become a thing id push for Blademasters, Wardens, and or Shadowhunters... All could use mail while there at it

[@tomasgonzaleztroncoso9814]

in the end, they're not coming out next xpac :( god damn I prepared the mounts, the pets and the xmog

[@dommc3d]

these are literally gazlowes abilities in heroes of the storm, and some are his talents in the game

[@plasmashade6339]

I have been submitting Tinker Class suggestions for years now (since MoP.) Some of those abilities were similar to ideas I submitted, but there is no way of knowing for sure that they even read my suggestions. Could all be a coincidence. The same thing happened before with the Monk class. I was submitting suggestions for Monks and Pandas since WotLK, but stopped after it came to pass. My version of the Monk still had roughly the same set up, but different names for the abilities and was a cloth wearer. Some of my suggested Monk abilities ended up as Panda racials and some of the Panda racials ended up Monk abilities. Most likely these are coincidences and it is very probable that others have similar ideas to me. Has this happened to anyone else?

[@thornwalker4655]

Doesn't matter how much cool this would be, the horde will get something million times better.

[@grim161]

The worst part would be the fact I cannot change my Dark Irons class. I got his engineering to near max and I dont wanna lv engineering again. Granted if Dwarves could even be Tinkers.

[@radoto9924]

And where is the necromancer?

[@buliwyfZrage]

Only other Class I was so hyped for was DH, lets hope Tinker exceeds my expectations as a Dark Iron aswell.

[@buliwyfZrage]

Hello me! Twentyfive more days and we find out!

[@buliwyfZrage]

Maybe in 10.0. :(

[@ultimategrungo]

Good Gravy, I might play WoW again just to play a Gnome Tinker. I'm so ready

[@Isaberry1602]

When I think about race for Tinker I always see draenei and that's because of Grand Artificer Romuul :3

[@WakoDoodle]

Out of Tinker and Necromancer I'm kinda upset necromancers aren't next in many eyes, but I see why they chose this; Necromancers are too similar to warlocks with death knight undead, unless they add a new system into it, which would be harder than say the Tinker class. Tinker's would also give gnomes and goblins some love; which let's be honest, have been the butt of every wow joke since vanilla and for goblins; cata. What concerns me is how tinker's will be done to make then different from engineers; every time I think tinker, I think of that profession.

[@Rishro29]

They could easily make a unique necromancer class but people dont have a broad vision. They thing dead or shadow and automatically it's too similar to warlocks or death knights. As much as necromancers would be cool blizzard is too bland and lazy to do it now. Maybe back in early blizzard days but definitely not now

[@rottencorpse2162]

I agree, I would much rather see Necromancers with three dps specs. Every new class can either dps and heal, or dps and tank. We have too few dps only classes. Also I believe they could make the style of Necromancers unique and differ from dk or wl. For example have skills be a bright blue and white. Give them armor sets with bones and such on it. Give them bone-based skills. Have one spec have some pets (yet make those pets unique models and give them some new mechanics.) Have some new resources. There are many ways to go about it. They could totally pull it off if they tried. I think a Necromancer would fit better into the WoW story. Especially with the death centered story slowly developing. (Banshee Queen, Lich King, Bwonsamdi, who ever is the boss of Bwonsamdi, and so on.) Personally I think a tinker class would not really fit into Wow, but... To each their own I guess.

[@WakoDoodle]

@@Rishro29 Imagine if the necromancer was like the old death knights abilities, such as able to revive dead players as minions (not revive, just like a ghoul) and they gain power the more dead bodies are around; exploding dark magics that increases the more it chains or maybe one idea I always wanted for the warlock (but was told a warlock isn't about it): Merging with their minions. As in fusing with them to gain direct control of their abilities but enhances them; only to toss them aside after it's killed. So much potential, we could even throw in a Lich transformation for good measure but as you said; blizzard isn't the blizzard of cata and especially not of the vanilla - wotlk.

[@griffinmaden2577]

I bet engineering will be used more for utility things, while the tinker class abilities would be more damage focused. As far as the necromancer, having two classes with similar themes isn't a problem. We already have priests and paladins sharing holy magic, while locks and DHs use fel. They could totally do another undead class. Hell, if they give us more class customization options, they could just give death knights more summoning spells and BOOM! Necromancers.

[@WakoDoodle]

@@griffinmaden2577 Yeah, the early death knights back in the day felt like necromancers in plate when picking unholy. The rezzing players as ghouls, using ghouls as your own life siphon and even corpse explosion used to spread plague for a moment, but was just funny to blow up a body. That and it confused players as their corpse model became a pile of meat. Over time however the death knight got more balanced and those necromancer feeling spells got nerfed or tweaked for balance. Or with some, removed entirely. Summoning spells would be interesting for necromancers. Maybe give them some abilities to spread blight (old warcraft 3 fan here ^^) or something. I know if they did add necromancers; all those meat wagon mounts would suddenly become that more terrifying.

[@KrakenLatte]

I really REALLY want a Worgen Tinker. PLZ BLZ. Worgen have not been privy to the "new" classes. No monk, no DH (for obvious reasons), and they can't be pallies or shams. AND we've had to wait for a better model all the way until 8.2.5. Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaase? *puppy face*

[@obsidiansands]

Was hoping they'd introduce a tinker-gunner class that uses dual pistols with this... kinda "slightly" disappointed it goes straight for the rifle (or bow/crossbow). It looks nice, but I've just quit WoW thanks to all their background shenanigans as a company and the fact that I hated how BFA was released. I originally quit during the middle of the Cataclysm expansion and tried returning for BFA, but it's the same old grind + grind + grind, etc. that I've come to know from playing since Vanilla. Nothing much has changed, there've been some buffs/nerfs to some of my favorite classes - and I've noticed that some of the bugs that have been pressent during Cata are still present today in BFA. It's like they haven't done jack to some of the long-standing bugs that was present back then at all.

[@fredrick1176]

If this happens, every race should be able to be one. Tinkering is just the advanced form of engineering, which every race can learn. But let’s be honest, I think the days of Activision adding new classes is long gone.

[@Setuaro]

Edgy part of community: NECROMANCERS. PROPER! Rational part: We'd really love it if we got a tech-oriented class!

[@sandokanfrits]

Scrolled down, did not see it, maybe someone mentioned it allready, but this would be a really nice expansion, and since activision likes to use resources again, they can take the name they allready used for hearthstone: goblins vs gnomes introducing the tinker class Bit like the pandarian expansion with the monk class, an expansion focus on a conflict between goblins and gnomes this time. Those 2 races need some extra love. Hey let me dream :)

[@Tu-cv9ei]

If tinkers can stealth and tank, I’m sold.