Human in WoW Forever: racials, classes and what's new

What are the Human racials in WoW Forever?

Humans have four racial traits in WoW Forever, two active and two passive: Will to Survive and Perception, which you activate, and Ruthless and The Human Spirit, always on. Compared with Classic Era: 1 new, 1 changed and 2 unchanged. The texts and numbers below come from the game files of the Forever beta (build 1.60.1.70532), the old ones from Classic Era 1.15.9.70003.

• Will to Survive

  New

  Active, instant, 3 min cooldown

  Instantly removes all Stun effects.

  In practice: Breaks a stun: useful in PvP and against enemies that stun, for every class.

• Perception

  Unchanged

  Active, instant, 3 min cooldown

  Dramatically increases stealth detection for 20 sec.

  In practice: Spots stealthed rogues and druids for a short time: mostly a PvP tool.

• Ruthless

  Changed

  Passive

  Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 2%.

  New values

  In Classic Era: Skill with Swords and Two-Handed Swords increased by 5.

  In practice: Critical strike chance for spells and attacks, always on and whatever the weapon, for every human class.

• The Human Spirit

  Unchanged

  Passive

  Spirit increased by 5%.

  In practice: More Spirit, so more health and mana regeneration: mostly felt by healers and casters.

What changed for humans since Classic?

Compared with Classic Era, humans lose Diplomacy (+10% reputation) and Mace Specialization, and gain Will to Survive, an active trait that removes every stun. Sword Specialization became Ruthless: instead of 5 sword skill, it gives 2% critical strike chance to spells and attacks, whatever the weapon. Perception and The Human Spirit work as before.

Which classes can humans play in WoW Forever?

Humans can play seven of the nine classes in WoW Forever: warrior, paladin, hunter, rogue, priest, mage and warlock. Hunter is new for the race: Classic Era did not allow it. Each class links to its page and to its talent calculator, with the talent trees of the Forever beta.

• Warrior

  Class pageWarrior talents

• Paladin

  Class pagePaladin talents

• HunterNew on Forever

  Class pageHunter talents

• Rogue

  Class pageRogue talents

• Priest

  Class pagePriest talents

• Mage

  Class pageMage talents

• Warlock

  Class pageWarlock talents

Where do humans start in WoW Forever?

Humans start in Elwynn Forest, as in Classic: Blizzard keeps the original starting zones and adds new characters, quests, profession hooks and recipes to them. The Group Finder of the beta lists it for levels 1 to 14. Our leveling tool then shows which zones and dungeons fit each level.

Which priest racial spells do humans get?

Human priests get two racial priest spells in WoW Forever: Divine Grace from level 10, an instant heal on an ally below 50% health that also removes Weakened Soul, and Feedback from level 20, unchanged since Classic. Desperate Prayer, which humans shared with dwarves in Classic Era, is now a dwarf spell only.

• Divine Grace

  New

  Level 10, 7 ranks, active, instant, 10 min cooldown

  Instantly heals a friendly target below 50% Health for 149 and removes Weakened Soul from that target. Cannot be cast on self.

  Blizzard's priest deep dive (September 30) gives it a 5-minute cooldown; the game files of build 70532 give 10 minutes.

• Feedback

  Unchanged

  Level 20, 5 ranks, active, instant, 3 min cooldown

  The priest becomes surrounded with anti-magic energy. Any successful spell cast against the priest will burn 18 of the attacker's Mana, causing 1 Shadow damage for each point of Mana burned. Lasts 15 sec.