Suggestion: Respec class?

Firestar_

We can do a lot in this game. We can respec all our skills and abilities. Dyes will be coming soon. What if a respec was taken a bit further?

I've noticed that with a lot of my characters, the minute they hit VR1, I wish they were something else. My Argonian DK would be better off a Templar. My Templar might be better as DK.... My Nightblade should have been a Sorc. and so on.

This is in no small part due to being able to play each class and getting comfortable with each type and learning over time the strengths and weaknesses and the utter difference the game is 1-50 vs. VR levels. I contemplated just re-rolling and spending a few months re-grinding to 50. Going over the same content that just took me months.

Yeah, I could do that... but she is also my only level 35 enchanter.
No way in hell do I want to ever do that *** again. No. There's "this is super boring" and there is "enchanting."

For now, I've respecced my DK into a pure crafter but I miss her a lot. I want to play her again, but each time I play, I get that little whisper in the back of my head, "You rolled wrong. Should have been a Templar."

Is this a feasible request? I get that some people would just be FOTMing for PVP purposes, but what if it was something that was difficult? Like, a $20-30 cash store difficulty or something outrageous? I just want some option of rectifying my mistakes that isn't "spend another three months grinding and going over the same content." so I can continue to play the game with the same fervor as when I started.

Is there anyone else out there that would want to see something like this or is the idea too OP for Reasons?

Gremlis

These forums are already full of VR12's complaining about nothing to do and now you want to allow them to change classes? If they weren't so Busy being 1 shot wonders they would have ample time to play and lvl a different class. I may never understand the mentality of people who help out in beta, rush to max out a toon then complain about nothing new after launch.

eventide03b14a_ESO

I never liked the idea of a class based system to begin with. I always thought this game should have been entirely skill based and all this griping about class balance issues wouldn't even be a discussion. Yes I think you should be able to switch classes. FFXI did it and it's probably the only thing that I liked about that game.

Firestar_

Gremlis wrote: »

These forums are already full of VR12's complaining about nothing to do and now you want to allow them to change classes? If they weren't so Busy being 1 shot wonders they would have ample time to play and lvl a different class. I may never understand the mentality of people who help out in beta, rush to max out a toon then complain about nothing new after launch.

Wouldn't that give them "something to do" though? If someone respecs and finds the class just as fun (or not as fun), wouldn't that make them want another character so they could play both classes? At the very least, it would give them time to run around on a max level different class and learn something new, making them spend more time in the game they've already chewed up.

Or throw more money at the game to respec the same level 50... either way isn't that a positive thing?

Erock25

We should have a race swap option but not a class swap option.

kieso

No thats way too much and 1-50 leveling isn't horrible.

LongHammer

I agree with dropping the classes. Assign the current class skills to the in game guild system. And add in a crafters line where if you made a dedicated crafter alt, they could make some legendary equipment... Stuff that levels, not the applying of gold materials. I do like the current system, but I would like to see a more elaborate system for crafting actual legendary weapons / armor.