In the beginning, Blizzard gave each warring faction its own unique class. For the Alliance, Blizzard gave paladins -- for the Horde, shamans. The impending expansion pack, however, is set to remove those restrictions.Blizzard has announced that the new races in Burning Crusade will have access to the opposing faction's unique class. In other words, we shall now see Blood Elf Paladins fighting for the Horde, and Draenei Shamans on the Alliance's side -- there will be faction-specific abilities, however. Blizzard has written the lore to explain the faction-class crossovers, and a developer posting on WoW forums gives more behind-the-scenes reasoning behind the decision.
In a game where the primary focus is on teamwork, we understand this decision -- especially when the forum poster promises dungeons that now utliize the unique abilities of shamans and paladins. Our WoW Insider brethren seem optimistic about the inherent game balance. However, with the Battlegrounds pitting factions against one another, does the lack of a unique class bother any WoW players?
[Via WOW Insider; thanks, Eric Fox]
