World of Warcraft just confirmed its plans to open up almost every race and class combination in the future. While it has given no timetable for this process, World of Warcraft players can rest easy knowing they will eventually be able to play nearly every class with any race.
Patch 10.1.5, Fractures in Time, has continued World of Warcraft’s recent trend of opening certain classes up to every playable race in the game. Associate quest designer Noah Smith recently appeared in a short video talking about what he did to help make the Warlock class available to all races in WoW.
However, near the beginning of the video, Smith mentions World of Warcraft is in fact working on making it so that all races will be able to play every class. Many players suspected this was the case, especially considering the fact that expansions like Cataclysm, Shadowlands, and Dragonflight have gradually been doing so. That said, this is the first time WoW has officially confirmed its intentions to remove these race-class restrictions entirely.
Players can assume this will not include the Demon Hunter or Evoker classes. Demon Hunters have unique voicelines and specific lore that would make it challenging for World of Warcraft to open them to other classes, and many abilities used by Dragonflight's new Evoker class are tied to the specific biology of the Dracthyr. Technically, Dracthyr could eventually get access to other WoW classes, but players shouldn’t expect it any time soon.
The only three base classes not available to every race in World of Warcraft yet are the Paladin, Druid, and Shaman. Between Paladin Divine Steeds, Druid’s Shapeshifting forms, and Shaman Totems, each of these classes require unique models to be made for each individual race. Keeping this in mind, players can probably expect Paladin or Shaman to be next, with Druid likely being the final class to get this treatment.
The base Dragonflight expansion opened up the Mage, Rogue, and Priest to all races, and Patch 10.0.7 did the same for the Monk class. Considering Patch 10.1.5 made Warlocks playable by every race, it is possible World of Warcraft could open up another class in Patch 10.2.5 or 10.2.7. That said, WoW has yet to reveal any information about these updates yet. Right now, the only thing World of Warcraft players can be certain of is that these options are coming sometime in the future.
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