I hope the devs understand that for many its either having fun with class X or quitting the game.
I know the title makes me sound like a whiner but the first thing I want to say is that the reason why I'm writing this is because AOC is the only mmo-rpg with potential that I've seen come out in the last 15 years+ and I want to contibute with as much feedback as possible so it has the best chances of actually being a success.
To get to the topic:
There are a lot of people who will play no other class/spec besides the one they identify with and this applies for all mmo-rpgs.
If any particular class is particularly underwhelming, either because it's boring, clunky, underpowered, lacking in uniqueness, etc, that person will just quit the game.
Some will either play an assassin and have fun with it or they will quit.
Some will either play as a necromancer and have fun with it or they will quit.
In my case I will either have fun with a templar or just not play.
And, as I said, by have fun I don't simply mean ''be at the same level of power as other classes/specs, or above that''.
Because, for example, if your class is powerful but very clunky (stressful) to play, or if its just boring (spam 1 on raid boss for 15 minutes), or if the gameplay simple has nothing to do with the theme, the spirit of the class, or if its very similar to other classes and simply lacks flavor, etc will you have fun playing it?
I mean, probably occasionally beating people in world pvp and being top dps in some instances but generally your experience will be pretty underwhelming just because of that, regardless of how well other things such as world immersion, sieges, world pvp (caravans, ships, etc), etc work out.
So just please devs, keep in mind that for many people, the nr1 thing, the nr1 requirement for having fun with this game (before all else matters) is that their ''heartclass'' work out.
If you mess that up, it won't matter how awesome the leveling is, how awesome the world is, how well your node, siege or caravan or ship systems work, or how alive and well organized the economy is, because the person is just not going to have fun.
So please make sure that no class/spec comes out underpowered, clunky, lacking in uniqueness, lacking connection to its theme/spirit, etc
