| Warriors are viable tanks and dps *once you get gear, don't think about pve dps until you have at least 2 good epic 1h's*
Priests: Are still desired healers, and shadow provides nice dps until t5 content then from then on does not scale but still provides excellent utility all the way through t6 and beyond.
Shaman: All three trees are viable and sought after, resto being highest in demand...brain heal is retarded efficient and powerful. Enhance and Elemental are also loved in raid and group settings.
Paladins: Can do dps as ret once you get gear, again you need a awesome sauce 2h before you can do "dps" very gear dependant. Holy is having some problems with scaling in t5 - sunwell content. Though having 3 pals in raids for all the major blessings is a god send. Prot are by far my fav instance / heroic tanks and have a major niche in ae tanking.
Druid: The druid class as a whole is sitting pretty Bear tanks are viable through most of tbc raid content and perfectly fine for groups / heroics. Resto druids are solid healers. Boomkins do decent dps.
Mage: Mages are more or less the same as when they were in BWL. Fire or Arc/ Frost are the most common raid specs. As a pure dps class they have valid complaints that other classes that have more utility / synergy are stomping on thier toes. However this only comes into play at t6 + level. Still highly sought after for instance runs / 10 mans due to all powerful sheepz.
Lock: Warlocks are arguably the second highest dps class in the game. They scale retardedly well, and are lagging behind rogues for kings o deeeeps. Locks are pigeon holed into 3 specs at all ever in the endgame at all facets. SL / SL for 2v2 3v3, FG for 5's, and destro for pve.
Hunter: Hunters are good solid dps as almost all 3 specs. You can have a token hunter of each spec for 25 mans. Competant hunters / not huntards can even cc in instances with the changes to traps.
Rogue: Rogues are the kings of dps and run away with the show once they get glaives.
In short You can be any class any spec anymore if you have the gear. Some of the irregular specs *ret pal / Fury war / boomkin / Enh sham / ele sham * don't shine until you are fairly decked but once you have the gear can do very respectable dps all the while providing good utility. |