Imagine that you actually live in Azeroth and want to be a Class like Shaman, for example... but some time passes and you realize that you could learn something that would be super useful in combat but that has nothing to do with Shamanism... like Rogue or Warlock or Warrior...! In this reality, what would stop you from doing this and becoming a more dangerous and less predictable opponent?
Well, to me it seems like a very logical, rational, strategic... and (now returning to the world of games) fun choice.
"Ok, broh stop!! That would never work, or be fun"
Hnnn... ok... HOWEVER...
There is a super crowded private server out there (which I won't give a link or name because it's against the forum rules) whose big difference is exactly this. There you can LITERALLY create a character capable of using any skill or talent from any class (with a limit obviously so that no one becomes a God). You can also wear Plate as a rogue-mage or leather as a Hunter-Warrior. In short, total freedom and recently they have even invented new archetypes and classes and with this new spells and talents (many of which I would love to see in the official game).
This WoW Private Server has been around for a long time, it has only evolved and nothing seems to get in its way. I would say that Blizz or someone from Blizz owns or has a partnership with this Server because there is no indication that it will close.
However, I would love for something to happen (like what happened with Classic, which came about after Blizzard realized that the audience eager to play Vanilla was huge) in which Blizzard created one (or a few) servers with this almost infinite freedom for you to be and wear whatever you want. And I ask: How would this get in the way of those who are against the idea?
However, one caveat: I believe that players who are loyal to a class should have some kind of bonus or buff to counterbalance players with greater skill freedom. (Although... on second thought... if you want to level a character that only has one class, this is not the ideal server for you.).
What do you think?
Should Blizzard look at this type of gameplay and give the player base this type of server?
What would be the negative side effects?
My Hunter-Shadow-Priest with the rogue's stealth and the mage's teleport... would love to be able to live in a safe and Crash-free Azeroth.
A few possibilities just to illustrate:
WARRIOR-HUNTER
SHADOW-PRIEST-DRUID-BEAR-(with his IMPs demons):
MOONKIN-DEATH-KNIGHT-DEMON-HUNTER
HUNTER-SHADOW-PRIEST:
DK-FROST-BM-HUNTER