inb4 no new class will be revealed!!
According to the pattern, the next class will be tied to the theme of the expansion.
That said, blizzard doesn't 'have' to do that. MOP broke the 'new races, new class' formula by giving us monk AND the game's first and only neutral race. Then WOD had neither but included updated player models.
Looking at blizz's past behavior is useful for guessing, but there is always the possibility that they deviate.
By that logic Tinkers can just build the Azshara cannon, which is probably also quite resistant to Old god corruption, and blast some fucker like Nzoth out of existence.
Like, if Blizzard wants to they can easily come up with a guy like Mekkatorque building an anzerite-infused Battle Armor that's capable of taking blows from Deathwing or magic of Jaina.
I think it's time we break the cycle of 'fight fire with fire' and actually start fighting fire with fucking water. And Tinkers building inanimate structures are perfect when it comes to mindcontrolling void monsters and don't feel out of place after their 1-big-baddy-archnemesis has been beaten.
Something was there when Arthas found the frozen throne and he never said what it was, we can deduce it was a nexus point for undead energies or even possibly a titan death facility of some kind. We know the Titans are not being honest with us about their true nature, I would not be surprised if they are the reason the balance is upset in the first place.
tinkers are already in the game in the form of engineering, all the mech mounts, goofy quests that involve piloting a robot, and mechagon is basically tinkering for everyone.
a class version won't happen.
2 Things:
1. Blizzard really put a lot of Tinker-related stuff in BFA to the point where it could almost be considered a sub-theme. That was probably done in order to foreshadow the Tinker class and allow it into the game regardless of expansion theme. This video explains it more;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c37qf7I5Rk
2. We should consider the possibility that Blizzard may deviate from that behavior so that the next class can work in future expansions outside of their theme. For example, Demon Hunters didn't make much sense in BFA, and DKs didn't make much sense in Pandaria.
it's Dark Ranger 99.9%
Tinker is too much work, member blizz fired everyone?
Or how about both of you just accept what comes and not pick immature fights?
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Instead of fighting the Undead with what amounts to fuel for them (resurrecting whoever they kill) you could send in robots and mechs that when destroyed cannot be rezzed. It's really easy to come up with lore reasons for them. Just my speculation.
Priests and paladins say 'hi'. Warlocks and demon hunters are also waving from the back.
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But you can raise the pilot into undeath, and we know mechs are useless without their pilots (i.e. the player). Unless "tinker" is not a class but a race of fully robotic sentient beings. (Mechagnomes?)
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Because logic dictates that all that this "undeath" or "insanity" themed threat has to do is attack the "breathing, sentient" pilots, and all those "breathless, mindless machines" are rendered null and void. Worse: they can now be used against us as the pilots are now being controlled by the enemy.