For all the WoW Wrath of the Lich King fans out there I am sure you could not imagine any other perfectly suited undead minion then the Death Knight. After all working for Arthas doesn’t pay well, and sure you get eternal life, but very little vacation time. The Death Knight is the only class that could handle such a stressful work environment, or are they?
In an interview with EuroGamer WoW’s lead designer Jeff Kaplan revealed that there were two other hero classes that were consider for the Warth of the Lich King Expansion. The Necromancer, and the Rune Master. Jeff said “We were talking for a while about a Necromancer. He would kind of be a range caster, do a lot of corpse explode, that sort of thing.” He went on to say “We also had a cool idea for a Rune Master. That was going to be more of a melee type – think rogue or monk type character. But Death Knight ultimately fit.”
I do think that either Necromancer or Rune Master would have been a pretty wonderfully sinister edition to the hero classes, but ultimately (and I think you all agree) they are girl scouts compared to the Death Knight. I am personally happy that Wow stuck with them.
