On Blizzard's official forum, players are discussing which race/class combo they'll roll at the World of Warcraft: Forever launch — the thread gathered nine posts in a few hours, Hunters get mentioned most often, and the mood leans more nostalgic than min-max.

On September 28, a thread titled "Which Class / Race Combo Will You Choose For The Launch Of Forever?" appeared in the World of Warcraft: Forever section of Blizzard's official forum. In a couple of hours it gathered nine posts from eight participants — almost no one picks a combo for min-max reasons, but Hunter is named more often than the rest. The same day, a post with beta stats for September 28 went up on r/classicwow: which race/class combinations drew the most players.

Who's being picked in the thread:

• Hunter — the leader of the discussion. Four mentions out of eight participants: two picked Tauren Hunter (Snafou and Beercules, the latter wrapped his reply in classic Tauren pasture vibes), one went Dwarf Hunter with a bear (Snafou, replying to the min-max talk, writes verbatim "I AM USING A BEAR" and adds he doesn't care about min-max), and one more — Night Elf Hunter.
• Night Elf Priest — twice: one participant says they're going Night Elf Priest for the original elves (Eyr), another keeps it as a backup alongside Hunter (Lex).
• Tauren Druid — one takes it in honour of their first ever WoW character and plans to level an Undead Mage or Troll Mage to 60 (snubster).
• Skyborne Shaman for Horde — Kasorayn makes it their main, Skyborne Druid as first alt; further plans include Troll Warlock or Priest, and possibly Undead Paladin.
• If only they were added — a separate block from Kasorayn: he lists combos he'd try if Blizzard added them — Satyr Shaman or Satyr Druid, Amani Troll Hunter or Shadow Hunter, Blood Elf Spellbreaker, Night Elf Warder.
• What the wife says — Merc, in the thread's third post, replies briefly: which race and class he picks depends on what his wife says. The post got two likes.
• The main point of the thread: Snafou, replying to the Dwarf with the bear, writes that the whole point of Forever isn't min-max.

In practice

The thread is small — eight votes, nowhere near a statistical sample, but the mood is clear: people pick by fun and nostalgia, not by optimality. The "what the wife says" vote and Kasorayn's "if only they were added" list confirm that: the choice is driven by the desire to replay an old character or try the impossible, not by a server ranking. Blizzard hasn't published any plans to balance race and class popularity, and there are no numbers from the developers on the subject.