If you could have any 80 as your new main..

[Falkor]

most ppl know you can do dps as a holy priest. but its not ideal.
same for pallys. holy used to be a novel burst spec in BC, but its just not that great compared to a real dps spec. i mean all you do is pop wings and trinkets for a judge + holy shock (and now exo) and hope they all crit. if you dont 1 shot ur opponent it can get sticky. priests are a little better off imo but id rather be shadow

[zaraydora]

i had a warlock as my main then a mage was my main then a dk and know it's a priest which i really like

[ArthurianKnight]

falkor, i completely agree, i was just saying that people tend to think of certain spec as way too definitves.

exemple, when me and my friend was leveling our DK after the start of WOTLK, he was going full unholy with 20 points in blood, as everyone was telling him to. but i had gone with a hybrid that most, if not everyone was skipping thru. going unholy for my perm ghoul. then going blood for the rest of the things including heart strike which was just better then any other strikes.

my friend was telling me i was too much about survival then dps. yet everytimes we did a dungeon with the same gears and all, i was DPSing a hell of a lot more then him, like 200 more DPS then him. and on that sometimes i'd lose only 50 dps to heal the whole group for 10% of their lives, making things easier on the healers which actually liked me better then him.

in the end, we promoted my spec and before the talent tree changed, many of the DKs i knew of actually changed and specced like me. my spec was 44/27 and it is still it, with me still toping dps against many people more geared then me. i could seriously take different routes, and switch a few survivng talents into a bit more dps by replacing some of my points which i did a few weeks ago. but basically that spec is just perfect.

the reality is that none of the 51 talent point is worth it on a DK. except for howling blast in frost, but only if you are a tank. thats what i ended up with by trying blood and unholy. i've never been frost yet though, i should try it at one point.

[Kinali]

I... Would reroll....... nvm I wouldn't, I love priest too much <3

[Doffe]

If I would choose a new main over my death knight it would be my shadow priest. Most fun ranged class to play in my opinion, and with the new buffs they are doing really good.

[Kinali]

If I would choose a new main over my death knight it would be my shadow priest. Most fun ranged class to play in my opinion, and with the new buffs they are doing really good.

I can say from experience that they are very very balanced in pvp as far as healing/cc/damage/deterrence etc... Not to mention tons of fun to play too. More instant damage spells than an afflic lock, so that's a buffer too, it's hard to say who would win 1v1

[ArthurianKnight]

thats the problem, DK can eat every caster class easily.
except if they actually know how to play and at that only 2 classes i know can win against my DK... Hunters BM i have trouble with cause they can't be CCed if played well. but then again if anything goes bad i hit their pet to stay alive with death strike. Druids Boomkin, if well played i cannot CC either and will simply range me to death.

besides those, i eat mages like there is no tomorrow, i eat priest the same way, shamans have it a bit hard for me, but i do eat them away. i'm not even PVP geared yet. DK are abusive, for they got healing abilities, as well as many CC for every god damn class. and they got the dsamage dealers pretty high. like paladins, DK are way too strong.

but instead of nerfing the DK class, i'be boosting the other classes like they did for the last patches or so.

[Kinali]

It's rare DKs ever beat me when Im disc specced. Just putting that out there.

[bankbeauty]

I'll stay with my pally.

[Doffe]

I can say from experience that they are very very balanced in pvp as far as healing/cc/damage/deterrence etc... Not to mention tons of fun to play too. More instant damage spells than an afflic lock, so that's a buffer too, it's hard to say who would win 1v1

I have both classes at 80, so yeah I know