Alternative to Arms Warrior?

[mike1097]

Hey Guys,

I know this question is kind of strange especially because I am an experienced wow gamer. But what class in your opinion is the best alternative in pve for a arms warrior regarding the gameplay?

I dont know if you really can comprehend what I mean.

[NerZhulen]

Combat rogue.

[Armilus]

Honestly... DW Fury. The play style is pretty much identical.

[mike1097]

the biggest problem is, that I love to play with 2h weapons, but the only class that causes damage with 2h weapons is the shaman... bad luck if you want to play wow

[Hatson]

Eh. Warriors still do the highest damage with 2handers, at least Mortal Strike hits the hardest in terms of single hit big numbers.
Windfury and SoC / Reckoning procs are another story on its' own, though.
But, at least you will never go wrong with Arms in PvP. With a bit of support and teamplay, Warriors are one of the strongest class in PvP and their 2handers can hit like a truck with enough rage and/or cooldowns up.

[Thrashing]

the biggest problem is, that I love to play with 2h weapons, but the only class that causes damage with 2h weapons is the shaman... bad luck if you want to play wow

There is no alternative to rolling Warrior then and hoping there's a guild that will take you on as Arms, or let you atleast raid as Arms every once in a while.

Both Paladin and Shaman specs that utilize 2hand weapons are incredibly poor in both PvE and PvP in comparison to Arms, and you'll have a far worse time finding anyone to take you to 5mans or raids as those classes.

[Drain]

Paladin has no damage. If you raid as Ret, your main job will be to help Cleanse or resist aura buff while "pretending" to deal damage.
Shaman has plenty of damage, but will run dry before the boss's armor has even lost its paint. Hope you brought a lot of mana potions.
Warrior will win in the long run.

[Killerwife]

In terms of hybrid dps, I did some research. Since it was really hard to find any real information because of people's biases towards these I didnt get much. From what I found, Elemental shaman is even weaker than balance druid, while both of them suffer from huge hit chance and mana problems in very long fights. The only real number I found was that balance druid was able to do max 750~ dps in full bis naxx gear. Comparison- fury warr does 1000~. Other casters like warlock and mage are prolly around 900+.
I didnt do any melee research, but the bias towards enha and ret are so huge you cant even find numbers. Feral seemed to be brought once in a while more than ret and enha because he had aura, "oh shit MT died" temporary solution, rezz and innervate.
Result: pure dps classes are best, some hybrids are better than others, and they might even be more fun. If you dont expect to top dps meters with hybrids, AND you bring tons of consumables, you will make it work. But a pure dps who brings the same amount of consumables and the same amount of dedication will have more dps(but more likely than not, less utility, since utility cant be put into numbers and its highly relative).

[Mav]

Fury 2h with Untamed blade, this is how the real OG roll.

[Dessel]

Why do people absolutely have these OCDs on playing unviable specs in certain games? I think most of us want to play vanilla as it is, and adapt to it for good and bad. Sounds to me like you should play something that has 2-handers as a viable option. As in, any other expansion.