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Druid
ElKhouri
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I would love to see a Druid class like world of warcraft (sorry for use wow reference )with shade shifting and ability.
Have been looking for mmo with this for long time.
Have been looking for mmo with this for long time.
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We won't have a druid in aoc. There might be some archetypes that can do roughly the same jobs. I think summoner will actually be roughly druid like.
I think the lack of druid is even stranger considering the fact that there is an entire race (Py'Rai) with a prominent nature theme, and a bunch of the monthly cosmetics have also been nature themed. AoC would lend so well to a druid class because its environments and creatures are so colorful and interesting. I do genuinely hope it gets added in the future, but I faintly recall Steven saying they won't be adding new classes anytime soon because of how hard the augment system makes that (don't have a source for that quote though). Maybe a surprise class before launch! Here's hoping
@Alderwood You act like every MMORPG has a druid class. That's just simply not true. Intrepid has decided to not implement a druid class, but they have other more unique classes such as the bard.
Not every MMO needs to fulfil every player's every need. They decided to not go with a druid, but are giving plenty of other options for players to choose from.
Of course not every MMO has a druid. I said it's a traditional MMO class, by which I mean it's not like we're talking about 'Mesmer' class from GW2 here which is pretty much unique to that game. Druid isn't ubiquitous, but I would say it's a commonly found class in modern MMOs, and for a reason - people like to play druid. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't included at launch for a game that has, say, 8 classes like GW2 does. Elder Scrolls Online had only 4 classes (albeit each with 3 skill trees) at launch, but due to high demand and constant posts in the forums asking for druid, it was the first class added post-launch (and at the time of writing one of only two classes that have been added).
What is surprising about AoC is the exclusion of druid when the game claims to have a whopping 64 classes to choose from. Yes they don't need to please everyone, but considering druid is a top 10 class in terms of popularity, it's unusual that it isn't 1 of 64 classes. And like I said before, I think it's made even stranger by the fact that it would fit so well into the AoC world
My man, it seems that you don't understand how AoC's classes work. There are 8 archetypes (what you call classes). It's not like there are 64 individual classes and druid was excluded. There are 8 archetypes and druid was excluded. A shapeshifting druid does not fit with any of AoC's 8 base archetypes.
You say that druid is a top 10 class. Well, it didn't make it in AoC's top 8 archetypes. They have plenty of options available to players and druid is not one of them just how it's not an option in many other MMOs.
You need to stop bringing up the 64 classes. It's the 8 archetypes you need to focus on if your goal is to talk about a druid class.
They also didn't bring in a warlock, death knight, monk, and demon hunter. Those are fairly popular classes too...
I Agree
I mean, you serious? there's no martial arts in this game? hrmmm :thinking:
(<--- is still mourning not being able to be a tree and just standing there all day rooted in the same spot as time passes by him)
Of course. I just said that there is a nature-themed race but strangely they left the nature-themed class out. Druid could easily work for any race in Ashes
No, I understand exactly how the AoC classes work. When I say "64 classes", that is the exact wording of the Intrepid team. Taken from the latest dev discussion:
And I also acknowledged that the lack of druid is a result of the archetype system. In case you missed it:
I don't get your point. This is a thread in which some of the community is saying "we would like a druid class", and you feel the need to come in here and basically say "shut up there is no druid"
100% There will be more classes in the Future