I just got WoW last weekend. I first started with a mage, but became frustrated at the lack of solo ability and gave up around level 6. I was also disappointed by the mage talents and lack of different spells.
Then I started a dwarf hunter. I thought this was much more fun, getting to use guns, pets, and even room for a little melee. I'm up to level 11 now on a crowded server. However, I was recently advised in another thread that hunters were not a good class to play, because it is the most popular and it is hard to get into groups as a hunter.
So now I am thinking of starting over on one of the new realms, Alexstrasza I think. It is a PvE server that is brand new, less then 1000 players on it so far according to the
census. Even though it is a central server and I'm on the east coast, I think it will be more fun to play where not 90% of the population are already maxed out level 60'ers. That is unless I have a hard time levelling because of all the new people cramming into the newbie quests...
So I think I will start a new character in this realm. But what class should I chose? I'm having a hard time deciding, and only have enough free time to play one character really. I usually like to play mages or ranged characters, however I was disappointed with the mage and the hunter is too ubiquitous. I don't like to play plain-ole-warriors because they get rather boring and are too equipment dependant. So what about warlocks or paladins? Both of these classes seem to be less common. How well do they play? Help me decide!