Mobs are shown as "warrior" or "mage" when they are clearly something else, i.e. shamans

[speedwaystar]

Submitted via: Curse Client 4.0.1.104, Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7600.0
By: Zenshu
On: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 23:06:14
Version: MobInfo2 v3.83

Description: seems to only acknowledge the Warrior and Paladin or mage class since every mob I have fought has either been classified as a Warrior, mage or Paladin even if they are neither.

[speedwaystar (speedwaystar)]

This is unfortunately Blizzard's fault: MobInfo2 simply displays the class names which WoW publishes for each particular mob.

I'm not sure, but I'd hazard a guess that Blizzard have a small number of standard "AI" packages which basically fall into either "Warrior (melee warrior)", "Rogue (melee warrior that backstabs)", "Mage" (ranged caster), "Paladin" (melee warrior caster) and maybe "Hunter" (ranged caster that uses a pet). For this reason you'll see priest mobs classed as "Mage" (because they use ranged caster AI), and Shaman mobs classed as "Paladins" because that AI package makes them close to melee range and use weapons, but also cast spells.

So, I think the names we're seeing are probably really internal flags describing the set of basic AI behaviours shown by the mob.