Which archetype will you play?

Genuine question.

Which archetype... and why?

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I've been thinking Assassin. Been having fun playing rogue lately and it seem like it might be a good match for solo player in a PvP World.
Of course my main has always been a mage so maybe Shadow caster. Just too much unknown at this point in time to predict what I'll settle on.

Xzanobia

Tank / Tank and will also Try Tank / Rogue . because i like to be needed :-P

Bapfi_Boandl

Magician at first. Cultist as alternative

Magician for nice group play. However if it doesn't fit i am going mad. Maybe i find a rogue group so we can slaughter some peasant. I imagine something insidious with Damage over Time and Heal over Time.

Aszkalon

nerdymilkshake wrote: »

Depending on what summoner variant has the coolest summons, if they decide to make them change based on subclass.

I personally hope i will be able to put some Skelebro's or so as "Staff/Servants" on my Freehold should i ever get the Chance to have one, someday ... ... ...

They don't need to wear something as fancy as that Butler, though. More simple/plain looking Ones are completely sufficient.

I wonder how it will go for the Summoner if it's true and Summoners are told to be able to change their Summons' strong Points.

Will i be able to have Tank or Damage Dealer Summons for Melee ?

Will i be able to have Caster (Damage) or even Healer-like Caster-Summons ?

Halae

Brood Warden (Summoner/Tank) for me. I like playing ranged characters, I like tanking, I like pet classes. We'll have to see if it actually holds up for a tank position, but the planned setup is absolutely perfect for what I want out of the game.

TheClimbTo1

Farming_ wrote: »

Genuine question.

Which archetype... and why?

Either Rogue/Rogue, Rogue/Ranger or Rogue/Tank.

Githal

I am really interested how they will make the summoner, and if its good probably will be my main.
But either way i will make Bard, Either as main, or alt.

iccer

We still haven't seen anything about how secondary archetype will influence your class, whether it will visually change abilities, change the whole theme of the class, while maintaining the core gameplay mechanics, or whatever else.

It was said we'll see it in alpha 2, so I'm just waiting for that.

From what I've seen so far, I'm really only a fan of the Fighter class, maybe a Spellsword or a Highsword.

SmileGurney

I'm likely to try multiple. In GW2 I ended up playing 5 different classes at the same time, day one. As for the first class...it could be Dreadnought or something between fighter and a caster, whatever arcane or divine will depend on available playstyles. A bit too early to say as we know very little about classes.

Chime

My answer keeps changing for this but it's hard to just pick one. I'm trapped between ranger, rogue, and cleric. So possibly a mix between these for a main character.

Sathrago

PenguinPaladin wrote: »

Sathrago wrote: »

Shadowmancer because im under the self conjured illusion that ill be able to do some really cool things with shadows like making the target's own shadow come alive and attack them, summon a horde of little shade creatures to rush forward in a tide latching on and murderlizing groups of enemies, etc.

This guys making heartless from kingdom hearts over here

lol never played or really saw any gameplay of that but ill take your word for it.

Iskiab

I'm a powergamer, it depends on what the combinations give me. It will be a bard, cleric or rogue primary, leaning towards bard.

Kashiwaba

Do they have screenshots or at least concept art of how these classes are going to look like? I feel like that would convince me a lot more on what to choose.

Apok

Kashiwaba wrote: »

Do they have screenshots or at least concept art of how these classes are going to look like? I feel like that would convince me a lot more on what to choose.

A lot of it's general theorycraft for now, my speculation is whatever an archetype excels in is what kind of flavor is brings as a secondary archetype, Tank is tank and Mage is AoE (maybe) so Tank+Mage might be a good AoE tank

now let's say the tank has a utility like shield wall a mage+tank might be able to make an AoE ice wall or something.

Otr

Each archetype.

AirborneBerserker

IDK all the classes seem extremely meh. Usually if the game has a Shaman class I play that, been that way since EQ1 but this game will break that streak since Cleric + Summoner doesn't give Shaman vibes. It gives I do not fucking know vibes. When the game doesn't have a Shaman class they usually have a naturalistic caster which this game doesn't have. So I'll probably wait and see what happens. If nothing strikes my fancy I will probably skip the game entirely, because the idea of playing a class I'm not really excited about through a game that is always on PvP will just frustrate me and I'll end up quitting anyway

Githal

AirborneBerserker wrote: »

IDK all the classes seem extremely meh. Usually if the game has a Shaman class I play that, been that way since EQ1 but this game will break that streak since Cleric + Summoner doesn't give Shaman vibes. It gives I do not fucking know vibes. When the game doesn't have a Shaman class they usually have a naturalistic caster which this game doesn't have. So I'll probably wait and see what happens. If nothing strikes my fancy I will probably skip the game entirely, because the idea of playing a class I'm not really excited about through a game that is always on PvP with just frustrate me and I'll end up quitting anyway.

What you expect a shaman class to provide?
Helas? some dmg? totems (wow variation)? If so the cleric+summoner may be something similar

Lodrig

Bard, probably with a more melle capable subclass such as Tank, Fighter or Rogue. Depends on what secondary best gives survivability.

Renathras

IF they can actually be a healer, I think Bard. I'm not huge on borrowed power, organized (or fantasy) religion, or over the top spell effects, and Cleric has those. So though I'm always a healer main, I'm looking for something a bit more grounded. MMOs often don't have non-magic-y healers, so I have to pick the lesser evil (in WoW, I played Resto Druid a lot and liked it, and I like Scholar aesthetically in FFXIV and more gritty, knowledge based healers like the Medic and Alchemist in Remnant 2). Things that work on knowledge of medicine/herblore/etc instead of outright magic.

I also like Bards conceptually, like Thom from Wheel of Time, Taliesin from The Pendragon Cycle, or Cuoth/Coat from Name of the Wind. I like the idea of a storyteller, lorekeeper, musician, and not all of them have to be boundless extroverts. Hidden pockets, daggers, and random brick-a-brack to help save the day, uplifting and encouraging allies.

I feel like Bard would also be neat because the other thing I like are support roles, which are SO FREAKIN' RARE (as an actual role, I mean, not just calling "tanks and healers" "supports"). So Bard could potentially scratch both itches of aesthetics and roles.

...but, if it CAN'T be an effective healer, then I dunno. Summoner if it CAN be (jack of all trades could be useful...), and if neither of those can be, I'd kind of grudgingly take Cleric, lol

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AirborneBerserker wrote: »

IUsually if the game has a Shaman class I play that, been that way since EQ1 but this game will break that streak since Cleric + Summoner doesn't give Shaman vibes. It gives I do not fucking know vibes.

We'll have to wait until we see what Summoner actually looks like, but something like Ranger/Cleric or Ranger/Summoner might be what you're looking for (not sure which order). I could see a Ranger/Summoner doing something like WoW's Shaman with nature themed Elemental summons and some healing, and Ranger + Cleric in D&D is often something vaguely resembling what a Druid would be.

I do agree a number of these combinations give me "I have no idea what this will be like" vibes, lol

Renathras

Also, there's a thread/poll on this on Reddit for those interested in voting: https://www.reddit.com/r/AshesofCreation/comments/1evhi62/with_the_showcases_and_alpha_talk_which_archetype/

Might be cool to make one here as well (and link it there), but I don't know if one can make 8 option polls here or not (apparently Reddit caps at 6 options).

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