Changes: Hero class

Revision as of 18:53, 3 August 2007

Before World of Warcraft shipped, Blizzard talked about implementing something called a Hero Class. These would be classes derived from the base classes, but with more specialization and somewhat tied to Warcraft lore. The idea of a hero class is presumably taken from the Warcraft III hero units.

At Blizzcon 2007, Blizzard announced that the Death Knight hero class will be a new addition in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion pack.

Any other rumors posted on the WoW forums so far have not been confirmed, however one persistent rumor that keeps getting reposted is listed here.
A WoWWiki hero class discussion is here : Rumored Classes

Blizzard Says 'Maybe Not'

We are still interested in alternate character advancement, but the term 'Hero Class' should probably be discarded. There is way too much expectation carried in the words. The theories and ideas that have been aimed towards alternate character advancement will not likely take the form of 'new classes' and player speculation on such things is fairly divergent from what design ideas have been discussed.[1]

-Tseric on June 15th, 2006
From Nethaera, about two weeks later:

At current there are no plans to implement Hero classes or siege weapons. I know how people were hoping for and expecting these things to be added in but focus and ideas have changed.
The thing to understand about those ideas is they were stated relatively early on when there were a lot of other concepts being juggled. It just so happens that these couple of concepts don't fit in with the current plans for World of Warcraft.
Believe me when I say I was hoping for some nice ballistae myself.

-Nethaera on June 30th, 2006

The thread containing that post was deleted at roughly 4:30 PM PST that same day. Nethaera responded to a different thread with:

Hero classes have not been canceled. My newness has bitten me on the rearend. After talking to Ordinn I was informed that there is no new news on this and things are still on the table. I apologize for the misunderstanding and you may commence with the floggings.

Still Not In Sight

22-Sep-2006

What's happening with, or happened to, the hero classes?
Frank Pearce, Senior VP of product development at Blizzard, responds:

Hero classes. Yeah. So, hero classes have fallen into the category of feature backlog. We don't have any immediate plans for hero classes, it's not part of The Burning Crusade. It's something we'd like to evaluate more going forward. But, you know, if and when.[2]

Example possible hero classes based on Warcraft lore

See also

Warcraft III Hero Classes
Rumored World of Warcraft Hero Classes
- Hero Classes Rumor

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 Before [[World of Warcraft]] shipped, [[Blizz]]ard talked about implementing something called a '''Hero Class'''. These would be classes derived from the base [[class]]es, but with more specialization and somewhat tied to Warcraft [[lore]]. The idea of a hero class is presumably taken from the Warcraft III hero units.
+At Blizzcon 2007, [[Blizz]]ard announced that the [[Death Knight]] hero class will be a new addition in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion pack.
-Currently there are no hero classes in [[WoW]] but they are in the planning.
-* Any rumors posted on the WoW forums so far have not been confirmed, however one persistent rumor that keeps getting reposted is listed [[Rumored World of Warcraft Hero Classes|here]].
+* Any other rumors posted on the WoW forums so far have not been confirmed, however one persistent rumor that keeps getting reposted is listed [[Rumored World of Warcraft Hero Classes|here]].
 * A [[WoWWiki]] hero class discussion is here : [[Rumored Classes]]