TheBartlebreakdownisinteresting,too-KillerspreferRogues(duh),WarriorstendtobeAchievers,andHuntershavetheslightExploreredge,butingeneral,theclasseshaveafairlyevendistributionacrosstheboard.Allofthedifferentrolescanbefilledbyalltheclasses,whichspeakstothewayBlizzardhasbuilttheclasses-youcanreallysolo,PvP,orgroupupwithanyofthem.WAR'sdifferencesweredistinct,butinWoW,BlizzardhasdonetheirbesttomakeitsothatwhateverBartletypeyouare,youcanloginwithanyclassanddowhatyouwant.gamerDNApromisesmoreresearchhere(includingaHordeandAlliancebreakdown),andwecan'twaittoseeit.
Arethesestatisticsbasedonthecharacterssexorthesexoftheplayer?AlsoinWoWalotoftheitemizationkindofimpliesthatPriestsshouldbefemaleorcrossdressers.Kamaei'sCeruleanSkirt,VirtuousSkirt,DevoutSkirt,GownofSpiritualWonder%26amp;MasqueradeGown.
ItisalsokindoffunnytoseethatmoreFemalestendtobeDruids.Inpre-WoWonlymaleswereDruidsandmostWarriortypeswerefemale.Dependsonhowthedatawasgathered.TheBartletestisaquestionnaire.Sothequestionphrasingandnumberofpeoplethattookthetestwouldmattermost.
Theythrowgenderintothemixaswell-turnsoutthatwhiletheclasseshavegenerallythesamepercentageofplayers(notsurprising,giventhatgameplaydictatestheclassesshouldbefairlybalanced),thingsstarttobreakupwhenyouaddgendertothemix.PriestsandWarriorsseemtohavethebiggestseparation:accordingtotheirdata(obtainedviatheprofilesontheirsite),mostPriestsareplayedbyfemales,andmostWarriorsareplayedbymen.
Paladinsaswelltendtobemale,thoughnotasmuchasWarriors,andDruidstendtobefemale,thoughnotasmuchasPriests.Womenalsotendtoprefertheelvenraces(BloodandNight),whileguysapparentlypreferOrcsandDwarves(whichhelpsmy-sexist,Iadmit-theoryfromwaybackontheWoWInsiderShowthattheDwarvenstartingareaappealstoguysmorethanwomen).