Community pulse

What players say on the official WoW Forever forums, US and EU, from every public post since 2026-09-12: 646,606 posts in 36,722 threads by 34,359 people. This week (2026-11-05 to 2026-11-11): 87,148 posts, mood -29 (share of positive minus negative posts). Forum posters are a small, vocal part of the players, and the mood is read from the words used, so treat it as a pulse, not a poll.

The classes, as the forums see them

How positively posters talk about each class on each point, compared with the other classes (3/5 is the average class).

• Warrior (Tank, DPS): Class fantasy 2.5/5; Identity / uniqueness 2.5/5; Gameplay fun 3/5; World experience 2.5/5; Leveling 3/5; Social value 2.5/5; Lifestyle & convenience 2.5/5; Independence 2/5. Talked about: rage normalization, arms, heroic strike, warrior's, fury prot, world buffs, sunder, defensive stance
• Paladin (Tank, Healer, DPS): Class fantasy 3.5/5; Identity / uniqueness 3/5; Gameplay fun 2/5; World experience 3.5/5; Leveling 3/5; Social value 3/5; Lifestyle & convenience 3/5; Independence 3/5. Talked about: ret, holy strike, seal twisting, undead, judgement, paladin's, light, prot
• Hunter (DPS): Class fantasy 4/5; Identity / uniqueness 3.5/5; Gameplay fun 4/5; World experience 3.5/5; Leveling 4/5; Social value 3/5; Lifestyle & convenience 3.5/5; Independence 4.5/5. Talked about: pet, hunter's, dead zone, lone wolf, stable slots, survival, auto shot, ammo
• Rogue (DPS): Class fantasy 2.5/5; Identity / uniqueness 1.5/5; Gameplay fun 2/5; World experience 2/5; Leveling 2.5/5; Social value 2/5; Lifestyle & convenience 2/5; Independence 2.5/5. Talked about: slice dice, assassination, stealth, combo points, rogue's, backstab, poisons, eviscerate
• Priest (Healer, DPS): Class fantasy 2.5/5; Identity / uniqueness 2/5; Gameplay fun 2.5/5; World experience 2.5/5; Leveling 2.5/5; Social value 3/5; Lifestyle & convenience 3/5; Independence 3.5/5. Talked about: shadow word, disc, smite, holy fire, mind flay, penance, devouring plague, wand
• Shaman (Healer, DPS): Class fantasy 3/5; Identity / uniqueness 3/5; Gameplay fun 3.5/5; World experience 3/5; Leveling 3.5/5; Social value 3.5/5; Lifestyle & convenience 2/5; Independence 4/5. Talked about: enhancement, elemental, lava burst, ele, chain lightning, totem, enhance, fire nova
• Mage (DPS): Class fantasy 2.5/5; Identity / uniqueness 3.5/5; Gameplay fun 3/5; World experience 3/5; Leveling 2.5/5; Social value 2.5/5; Lifestyle & convenience 3.5/5; Independence 2.5/5. Talked about: ice lance, frost nova, cone cold, arcane blast, boosting, aoe farming, frostbolt, missile barrage
• Warlock (DPS): Class fantasy 3/5; Identity / uniqueness 4.5/5; Gameplay fun 3/5; World experience 3.5/5; Leveling 2.5/5; Social value 3.5/5; Lifestyle & convenience 3.5/5; Independence 2.5/5. Talked about: summoning stones, affliction, soul link, demonology, voidwalker, warlock's, siphon life, shadow bolt
• Druid (Tank, Healer, DPS): Class fantasy 3/5; Identity / uniqueness 3.5/5; Gameplay fun 3.5/5; World experience 3/5; Leveling 3/5; Social value 3.5/5; Lifestyle & convenience 3/5; Independence 3/5. Talked about: feral tree, moonkin form, boomkin, cat, shifting power, bear, furor, powershifting

Classes

• Shaman: 1,987 posts this week (mood -52)
• Warlock: 1,544 posts this week (mood -42)
• Paladin: 1,517 posts this week (mood -41)
• Hunter: 1,496 posts this week (mood -33)
• Druid: 1,398 posts this week (mood -14)
• Mage: 1,349 posts this week (mood -22)
• Warrior: 1,050 posts this week (mood -14)
• Priest: 932 posts this week (mood -30)
• Rogue: 819 posts this week (mood +11)

Races and factions

• Troll: 671 posts this week (mood +14)
• Undead: 669 posts this week (mood +31)
• Human: 645 posts this week (mood +25)
• Tauren: 469 posts this week (mood +30)
• Dwarf: 399 posts this week (mood +32)
• Skyborne: 385 posts this week (mood +44)
• Orc: 311 posts this week (mood +14)
• Night Elf: 301 posts this week (mood +35)
• Gnome: 301 posts this week (mood +30)
• Horde: 6,453 posts this week (mood -34)
• Alliance: 5,310 posts this week (mood -30)

What people talk about

• Classes, talents and balance: 11,015 posts this week (mood -31)
• Dungeons and raids: 9,142 posts this week (mood -29)
• PvP: 8,744 posts this week (mood -27)
• Changes from Classic: 8,572 posts this week (mood -34)
• Leveling and the level cap: 8,012 posts this week (mood -38)
• Professions, gold and the Auction House: 3,821 posts this week (mood -26)
• Streamers and guilds: 2,865 posts this week (mood -22)
• Bugs, lag and stability: 1,672 posts this week (mood -46)
• Bots and cheating: 925 posts this week (mood -57)
• Beta access: 882 posts this week (mood -12)
• Bans and names: 867 posts this week (mood -25)
• Hardcore: 362 posts this week (mood +50)
• The Legacy system: 324 posts this week (mood +48)

Busiest threads this week

• The majority WANTS increased dungeon XP (US, 1,644 posts this week)
• Class Tuning Incoming - November 10 (US, 1,307 posts this week)
• Uhh I cant play Horde? (US, 996 posts this week)
• Dungeon Enemy XP Increased - November 8 (US, 964 posts this week)
• PvP Faction Balance Updates - November 10 (US, 960 posts this week)
• The Faction Imbalance in WoW Forever PvP Is MASSIVE (US, 644 posts this week)
• Liking Asmongold is ... trolling/bait? (US, 547 posts this week)
• This faction is currently unaivalable on this ruleset due to population imbalance (US, 546 posts this week)
• "Go play retail" Enjoy your dead game in 3 months, Blizz needs to listen to constructive criticism (US, 449 posts this week)
• Blizzard, Can We Please Get an Official Response Regarding the Horde PvP Faction Lock? (US, 423 posts this week)

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