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rianfrost
01/30/09

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the lack of a monk/martial artist class is why i have yet to play beyond a trial, it is my main calss that i have played across about 5 mmo's. and its my main character in city of heroes, so yeah, a monk might have gotten me playing.
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UltimatePancakeSensation
01/30/09

@rianfrost: I wouldn't expect to see a monk class anytime soon, as battling with bare fists against people with epic swords...well, it doesn't feel like a good fit.

If you are so inclined, try a Rogue; they're definitely the premier fist-fighters, able to use fist-weapons to great effect, and their style is the most martial-artsy.

But yeah, it's World of Warcraft, and it's highly unlikely that you'll find anything closer to a martial artist any time soon. It's all about magic in WoW, with Rogues and Warriors only being able to keep up because of their poisons and tricks, and sheer brute strength, respectively.
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Befitzero
01/30/09

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Deathknights are the new hunters in the game no one wants to recruit them at all because they have gained the title as a noob class. Seems to be acceptable as a alt but not a main.
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UltimatePancakeSensation
01/30/09

@Befitzero: Meh, my main is a Death Knight and I don't have many problems. If you do your job well and you're fun to play with, that's all you'll need in general.

The biggest problem I've had is trying to join up in PuG raids that are already brimming over with Death Knights.
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SketchyIndividual
01/30/09

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I monk class... I would have killed small children and the elderly for a monk class.

I kid, I kid.

Maybe.
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Factory Records # 50
01/30/09

@SketchyIndividual: That would be pretty ironic behavior for a monk.
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Ghlitch
01/30/09

@FACT.50: Like rain on your wedding day?
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Factory Records # 50
01/30/09

@Ghlitch: @Paul_Is_Drunk: Yeah you know the lyrics in that song never made sense to me. Rain on your wedding day isn't ironic... Some people love rain (I know I do). A red light when you're already late isn't ironic either. A free ride when you've already paid however is.
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Quipp
01/30/09

@Ghlitch: @Paul_Is_Drunk: You may be mistaking the actual definition of ironic for Alanis' version which I referred to as 'ironical'. Ironicalcally that may not have cleared anything up.
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BeautifulAgony
01/31/09

@FACT.50: Rain on your wedding day is ironic; it's been a long-held superstitious belief that rain on the day of your wedding is a good omen, perhaps as a sign from the gods, blessing your union.
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Comatose Turtle
01/30/09

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I still think they screwed up by not making the April Fool's Day Bard their epic class.
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Mike Fahey
01/30/09

@ComaKame: I agree wholeheartedly.
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Fallible.
01/30/09

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I still don't understand how they got from the idea of HERO to Death Knight. From a purely realistic look at things, if I were in trouble the last person I would want saving me would be someone called a Death Knight.
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Mohican
01/30/09

@Fallible: The Death Knight intro and story explain all of this. You are a hero because you were wretched, saved, claimed from the Lich King's grasp at the very cusp of his plan for you, and have been turned to fight for the free peoples and tribes.
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Koztah
02/01/09

@Mohican:

You're special, just like every other death knight!
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IndustrialJones
01/30/09

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The next expansion better include the Pandaren race with Monk as a playable class.
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Aye Mak Sicur
01/30/09

@IndustrialJones: I'd pay good money to play as a Brewmaster. Twenty-four stalwart heroes battling the Lich King himself in his frozen citadel of Icecrown glacier, and me at the back of the room tossing out brews like some twisted form of Root Beer Tapper.
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Aye Mak Sicur
01/30/09

@Aye Mak Sicur: I'm begging you, someone make that into a flash game.
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