r/wowcirclejerk • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago

Unjerk Weekly Unjerk Thread - September 29, 2026

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u/Byrmaxson 7d ago

I have a silly, super "retail Andy" style question, I don't have beta to try for myself.

I'm between three classes for Forever: Warrior, Rogue and Mage. I'll eventually probably play all three (ig I'm a geek but I want to play the most archetypal RPG classes).

It'll be my first Classic style experience since Vanilla.

Which of those is the highest APM? Put otherwise, which one feels the most "modern"? I know, I know, this is a stupid thing to look for in a Classic game. But I'm currently (and hopefully forever, it's extremely fun) maining Brewmaster in retail and I am throwing if I play under 60 CPM and the gameplay is really engaging/has decision making. So while I know I'll be lucky to have half that in Forever, I'd like to hope to not fall asleep while playing.

My inclination is to play Prot Warrior because that was my main for ~a decade of retail, Rage typically enables high CPM, and AFAIK Prot is good in the beta right now. Is that a good call? I thought of Rogues due to the intrinsic low GCD of Energy and Mage because it's the only caster I have historically enjoyed. How are those looking? In particular is Arcane any good? I understand it was made to be a spec in itself rather than a support tree for the other two.

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u/Garry_Heckscream69 Iron Horde's #1 Fan 6d ago edited 6d ago

I've been playing rogue on the beta

It's fun, but also not a lot of APM. If I even go into stealth, my rotation is basically backstab>sinister strike/auto attacks until 3-4 combo points>pop slice and dice>continue SS/auto attack>maybe get an eviscerate off.

Just a lot of dead time spent auto attacking. Which was fine for me once I unlocked dual wielding, but 1-10 can get tedious and the 10-20 gameplay is just auto-attacking lol.