Remove Class Names

Class names won't matter, buffs (icons next to character's name) will show primary and secondary archetypes instead of the class name (because of cosmetics and transmogs stuff) along with the armor type you are wearing. So seeing this and seeing how people have issues with the class names, why not just let people name their own class in their profile and this will make people happy, people don't even refer to most classes because people don't know them, they have to talk I like "tank/mage." If they mention a class people will often ask them what archetypes are those, because seriously people will not use them.

So my suggestion is just to remove class names and let people call their combination whatever they want to call them, class names will probably fall into Roleplay anyway and profiles are mostly for RPers.

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Dygz

ViBunja wrote: »

Dygz wrote: »

People can call themselves whatever they want anyways.
But, it's best for the devs to have official names so that we know what they're talking about.

They already have them. Primary and secondary archetypes.

Right. And the title of this thread says remove them.

Noaani

Dygz wrote: »

ViBunja wrote: »

Dygz wrote: »

People can call themselves whatever they want anyways.
But, it's best for the devs to have official names so that we know what they're talking about.

They already have them. Primary and secondary archetypes.

Right. And the title of this thread says remove them.

No it doesn't.

The title of the thread is asking for the removal of class names, not archetype names.

Thus, instead of talking about a Guardian, we would simply refer to them as tank/tank, or even tank² in this case.

A Necromancer would then become a summoner/cleric.

Now, I'm not a particular fan of this idea, but at least I understand it.

Aerlana

i am neutral about it (more a problem with "tank" name as archetype

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the arch1/arch2 is longer in discussion (also, will end with shorter word for all them soon enough... ) but it avoid to remember the 64 name when speaking in forum... Also, on the RP side (so ingame) the class name add a good thing, and a better feel than "hello you sumoner-cleric"

Yuyukoyay

I like the idea of there being a skill level related to identifying people's archetypes by their class name. It's an extremely basic thing, but I always liked the sub identifier classes have always been. In a game with 64 classes it makes this kind of thing even more cool.

Also the joke names for classes are immersion breaking and not the kind of humor that positively benefits the game. It just makes it feel stupid than anything else, so I'd rather it be somewhat serious. There will be plenty of things to joke about the game elsewhere in voice chat. xD

ViBunja

Yuyukoyay wrote: »

I like the idea of there being a skill level related to identifying people's archetypes by their class name. It's an extremely basic thing, but I always liked the sub identifier classes have always been. In a game with 64 classes it makes this kind of thing even more cool.

Also the joke names for classes are immersion breaking and not the kind of humor that positively benefits the game. It just makes it feel stupid than anything else, so I'd rather it be somewhat serious. There will be plenty of things to joke about the game elsewhere in voice chat. xD

Don't worry, you won't be seeing the class names even in the current system unless you inspect their profiles and with that being said, profiles already have text blocks where you can upload anything you want, it can be anything silly, so your immersion is already easy to break because of this. My suggestion really doesn't change anything, you will never be able to see class names without accessing their profiles, what will be visible will be the archetypes.

mcstackerson

People can already have silly names, not sure why someone naming their class something silly would affect immersion anymore.

ViBunja

mcstackerson wrote: »

People can already have silly names, not sure why someone naming their class something silly would affect immersion anymore.

I agree, they can already have names that are not immersive at all and that is something you can't block at all.

SongRune

You had me worried for a second there. Memorize all 64 class icons, to figure out if a player might gank me? So I went to the wiki.

Let's clear up some facts. ViBunja is right. A player's class will only show up as an icon. There will be 64 icons to learn.

Thankfully, ViBunja is also wrong. You don't have to scramble to open their profile, you can just mouse over their name. You'll get both the class name ("Magician"), and the archetype pair ("Bard/Mage"). An easy quick reference, and important in the heat of the moment.

The moment I set a custom class name, you have to memorize 64 icons, or risk fighting my "C1eric" Assassin.

From the wiki page "Nameplate":

An icon will identify the character's class.[6]
Hovering over the user's nameplate will show information such as level, their class name and archetype combo.[6]
A buff icon indicates the character's gear and grade.[6][7][8]

And the relevant development stream ("[6]").

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