Hello Concerns about Classes/Subclasses

So me and my brother are definitely interested in Ashes of Creation. But we have some concerns about how Sub classes will work. Like for instance I was to go into the Tank class route then invest into a sub class lets say Paladin would my class then play like a Paladin should play like? Skills Like Heals shields buffs and such? Or would it be more cosmetic?

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daveywavey

GawdStone wrote: »

Not so much on the So called Sub Classing idea.

First thing to understand is that they're not "sub-classes". The combination of both archetypes is your "class". The Secondary is not meant to increase the number of skills, only adapt them to a particular playstyle. If you roll a Tank as a Primary, you will always be a Tank, but you'll get the option to further define what kind of Tank you want to be based on your Secondary. There is likely to be some sort of process involved for when you want to change up your Secondary. But you'll still be a Tank as that's your Primary archetype.

Yuquiyu

Hawkumara wrote: »

yeah there is not much information on classes and and sub classes. Some videos go over augmentation which leaves me leery and skeptical on buying this game. They haven't talked a lot about it and is very concerning.

this game is still n alpha and a possible 2+ years out from completion

Dygz

I think an Ashes Paladin will not play like a typical Paladin.
A Paladin still uses Tank abilities. Those Tank abilities have Cleric augments applied on top of them.
So, there will be some form of heals available to a Paladin layered on top of the Tank abilities, but we don't know the details. For all we know, Paladins may only be able to self-heal. Or may only be able to single-target heal.

Ravudha

Hawkumara wrote: »

People who play D&D and know how these classes should be played and portrayed will be disappointed with how the company doing sub classing. They will most likely lose a lot of fan base when the players reach level 25 and they realize the game isn't what they thought it would be.

Many fantasy IPs take common themes and archetypes and add their own spin to them to suit their universe/lore. This is normal.

A paladin in AoC is what the AoC lore says it is. I'd expect some thematic similarities to what people are used to but also some differences.

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