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> For reasons unknown, Mages have a much higher variety of names than any other class. Any speculations as to why is welcome (are people who play Mages more cre
by vor_ 13y ago
> For reasons unknown, Mages have a much higher variety of names than any other class. Any speculations as to why is welcome (are people who play Mages more creative? More independent-minded?).
My first guess is that the mage class is one of the most popular classes in the game (alongside the other archetypes like warrior and rogue) and so has more players to come up with names. I have no official data to back that up. I can only offer the personal experience that the mages I group with in public groups are the most likely to be assholes who wipe the group, which I suppose is another way of saying "independent-minded".
- Steko 13y ago"one of the most popular classes in the game (alongside the other archetypes like warrior and rogue)" Not counting Monks which are new, Rogue is the least played main class by a good margin, after which are Locks and Shaman and then the other classes are pretty clustered now. http://cynwise.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/class-distribution-data-for-patch-5-3/ http://cynwise.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/class-distribution-d... One thing mages have going for them is a large number of viable race combinations. Druids and Paladins only have 2 choices and one optimal one for any spec (per faction). As an alt mages are popular because melee/tanks/healers often want to get the furthest away from that playstyle and mages are the purest dps caster with the fewest moving parts. They've also always been a top tier pve and pvp class that has drawn in a lot of original players.