Virtual Sub-Classes

[Eschatonin]

The idea behind virtual sub-classes is a choice of a 99% cosmetic change to your character without adding new classes, specs, or mechanics. This would satisfy a good amount of desire for new classes without mixing up balance.

The difficulty would be giving each class a good sub-class, since some have some rather good avenues. Some would apply to the entire class, while others would modify each spec more independently. The aim is to make a class feel different, not play different.

The magic damage school would change on many specs, which is where the 1% of mechanical change comes from due to the 1% magic damage resistances, but I find them to be acceptable.

Ability names may change, or look quite different, but mechanically it is identical.

Death Knight - Runemaster
- Rune names changed.
- Frost becomes Nether (Arcane), Unholy becomes Felcraft (Shadow), Blood becomes Ley Infusion (Physical)
- Undead minions replaced by Revenants (seen in Northrend).

Druid - Savage Druid
- Bear form becomes Clefthoof, or other tanky animal that I currently can't think of.
- Cat form becomes Scorpion.
- Restoration becomes a Flame Druid, healing with fire.
- Unknown replacement for Moonkin.

Hunter - Mix
- Some change to pets used.
- Survival becomes Dark Ranger (Shadow and Arcane)

Mage - Mix
- Fire becomes Acid (nature), Frost becomes Hydromancy, Arcane becomes Chaos (green Shadow).

Monk - Unknown
- Possible visible weapon usage for hand attacks.

Paladin - Unknown
- Too much of a shadow theme, and shadow knight exists already.

Priest - Nemesis
- Holy becomes Desecration (shadow heals), Discipline becomes Entropy (shadow heals), Shadow becomes Lambent (holy dps).
- Shadow heals by reversing the process of getting wounded.

Rogue - Demon Hunter (Yeah I know, but Rogues were difficult and it could kind of work)
- Whatever a Demon Hunter would be, except poisons are now the demon magic.

Shaman - Mix
- Elemental becomes Poison (nature), Enhancement becomes Geomancy (earth and fire/magma), unknown for Restoration.

Warlock - Mix/Alternate Energy
- Demonology becomes Necromancy (shadow/arcane), Destruction becomes Sha (Fire), Affliction becomes something related to Old Gods/Umbral (shadow).
- Pets changed depending on spec. Necromancy gains undead Vrykul pet to replace Felguard, Destruction summons Sha, Umbral uses Old God minions.

- Warrior - Unknown.

[Sukhoi]

These magic schools come out of nowhere.

[Treeskee]

Yeah for arcane I would have went with Timewalker.

[Boottybounce]

These magic schools come out of nowhere.

You're pretty rude on all of these threads, maybe try not commenting on them?

[Armond]

Decent idea. For paladin, maybe an elemental theme?

[cityguy193]

Monks
Let us choose a Celestial to champion. Just color particle changes, like warlock green fire


Mistweavers can have white/blue spells from xuen
Or Brewmasters shoulda have jade from yulon

[JimPaladin]

You're pretty rude on all of these threads, maybe try not commenting on them?

What? He just made a valid point that the magic schools come out of nowhere, which they do.

[Eschatonin]

These magic schools come out of nowhere.

All new things come out of nowhere. That makes them new.

[Cyrops]

My hunter needs a nuke. Explosive shot animation is a big-ol-nuke mushroom.
Old ammo reworked to give special auto attack animations, possibly for skills too:
High velocity ammo - shooting sound pitched higher
Low velocity ammo - very silent shots
Frost/Fire/Shadow/Poison ammo - appropriate color
Lazer guns - shoots lazer beams (autoshot).
I'm thinking of using Cata scope, just to hear that squeak on proc.

[Deleted]

Shaman - Mix
- Elemental becomes Poison (nature), Enhancement becomes Geomancy (earth and fire/magma), unknown for Restoration.

Restoration becomes Blood Healing.
Healing by Purifying the Blood.
Blood Stream Totem, Blood Tide Totem, Blood (Healing) Rain. etc