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it's the norm with similar games. there's not enough interest in tanking and healing for there to only be one class to perform each of those roles.
the 64 class matrix is not ideal as it doesnt serve class archetypes well. being able to select some themes from another class or doubling down specializing into the base class results in a haphazard class theme. IMOA
some classes are thematically hybrids of some other concepts however many are not. also some classes are typically considered specializations from a base/foundational class however not every class theme has specializations from them.
would be a welcome change if it were this way live however forum community is often quite different from general player population. one need only consider how common this issue is across similar games.
My passion for Ashes is to be a full time crafter though, and as I want to do animal husbandry I'm toying with the idea of going ranger to supplement that. I can imagine having to go out in the wild to find animals will require some martial skills.
It surprised, yet delighted me, that the results of the poll were so even. I'd been wondering if there would be a skew towards some classes.
This happened with archeage. There will actually be 8 classes. The secondary class will only augment your main class skills.
2. Enchanter
3. Soul Weaver/Song Caller
4. Scryer
5. Necromancer
6. Templar
Is my current ranking. I need to actually get hands-on before I decide for certain though. I love the healer/support role and pet classes so Alphas and Betas will help me figure it out before release.
I like the relative balance in the poll thus far though. That bodes well for release but I'd be interested in the results post-beta testing.
Future Crafting Plans: Herbalism > Alchemy & Scribe or Mining > Metalworking > Jewel cutting (Pending)
You mean summoners
You're both wrong, I saw in a very recent podcast that, due to time and budgeting constraints, the classes were going to be paired down to Clerics and Rogues.
I am surprised Nagash would even consider ALL summoners as being viable. In the before time it was Necromancer or nothing. He's growing as a person
I found a new way to trap souls in armour of bone ^^
Battlemage will probably be the first, but Beastmaster, Necro, and the pet tank class looks fun too!
I think everything will have it's place in some situations. But remember, your archetype will matter the most since you can change the other stuff
But since more info about the augment systems has come out it opens up some interesting prospects. Where a cleric/mage could enhance AOE heals or HOTs. Even a cleric/summoner, cleric/bard, or maybe cleric/ranger have the potential to enhance/improve a clerics heals.
I am going to need alot more information and testing to convince me that anything other than a Cleric/Cleric will be a efficient healer.
Primary healer is NOT going to be the most popular class in game. As soon as we get confirmation that taking cleric/fighter won't make you a battle cleric that can 1 vs 8 whole teams the % people wanting cleric will drop like a rock. Have you ever played any MMO ever where there were way too many healers?
Most people have seen how OP Cleric is in PvP. When we see the other classes, I doubt Cleric will be so OP. In such a circumstance, some people will choose whatever seems OP at that point, thus The Flavours of The Month shall become evident.
Right but normal MMO is LF healer or LF tank....when was the last time you saw got tank/healer/buffer still need DPS getting spammed all over the place
When I was a Tank and my irl friend was the Healer we always wanted DPS. Most partners do in fact often play Tank and Healer because a Tank and Healer duo is very strong. Considering Cleric does DPS too, then a Tank and Healer duo could be one of the best setups in terms of duo.
I don't often ask for DPS, I often ask for specific classes in other MMOs, simply because certain classes had certain skills that certain Dungeons required. Like I wouldn't ask for DPS if I wanted a Nerco or wouldn't ask for DPS if I wanted a Demonologist. It does depend on the game of course, I have also played Healers.
It will entirely depend on servers too, because, the classes are quite evenly spread in the poll, yet we aren't all going to be on the same servers. You might have a situation where one server has a lot of Tanks, or one server has a lot of Healers. We will most likely see all servers have a lot of DPS.
The group sizes also mean we can take more DPS too, so requesting DPS should be quite common.