What will be the next class...

SunBroDesion

Based on what we've seen with ESO expansion releases we should expect, imo, a new class soon. Due to what has been released and where dlcs have been I will say we should see a Bard or Swashbuckler/Pirate. We had warden in EP Vvardenfell, Necromancer in AD Elsweyr, so all that's left is DC and since breatons have the new dlc coming and orcs had Orsininum; that leave our good ol' Redguards. Now think what would be best to give them. I think Pirate/Swashbuckler since it would be a nice callback to the old Daggerfall game. So that's my theory, mostly believe a pirate but I could see bard.

Other classes I'd like to see is; mechanist, artificer, and bard or swashbuckler depending on which one is used for the next class.

Seraphayel

I do not expect a new class at all. We would have been due a new class in Blackwood, but they passed on it. High Isle doesn’t bring one either. So it will be at least 4 years until we get a new class or skill line, which is inexcusable. And that only if we get something next year, which I doubt based on their priorities and content output.

Arunei

If we were getting a new Class it would have been datamined or revealed by now. ZOS is still struggling with balancing the current Classes, and given the fact that they're supposedly reworking base code starting this year, I can't imagine they'd go through adding a new Class any time soon. On top of that, if they're going to release a new Class, they'd need to increase the character limit for the people who are already at 18, and iirc it's been said that performance issues are preventing them from doing that atm.

Wolfpaw

Battlemage:
"During the beta, the Battlemage was planned to be the sixth player class. Along with the Warden, it was scrapped at launch in favor of the four standard classes, though the Warden class later returned to the game in Update 14. Some remnants of the class still exist within the files, including icons and a few errant strings. Destruction, Two-Handed, Alteration, and Mysticism were skill lines associated with the class, back when the familiar schools of magic were still used in the game."
https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Battlemage

Only a matter of time.

Mesite

The surprise morph at the end of the year will be you can turn your solitude illusionary dragon pet into...the illusionist class

milesrodneymcneely2_ESO

Hopefully, Grammar.

Zone chat is an atrocity.

Seraphayel

Wolfpaw wrote: »

Battlemage:
"During the beta, the Battlemage was planned to be the sixth player class. Along with the Warden, it was scrapped at launch in favor of the four standard classes, though the Warden class later returned to the game in Update 14. Some remnants of the class still exist within the files, including icons and a few errant strings. Destruction, Two-Handed, Alteration, and Mysticism were skill lines associated with the class, back when the familiar schools of magic were still used in the game."
https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Battlemage

Only a matter of time.

I never knew about this and now I’m intrigued!

Wolfpaw

Seraphayel wrote: »

Wolfpaw wrote: »

Battlemage:
"During the beta, the Battlemage was planned to be the sixth player class. Along with the Warden, it was scrapped at launch in favor of the four standard classes, though the Warden class later returned to the game in Update 14. Some remnants of the class still exist within the files, including icons and a few errant strings. Destruction, Two-Handed, Alteration, and Mysticism were skill lines associated with the class, back when the familiar schools of magic were still used in the game."
https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Battlemage

Only a matter of time.

I never knew about this and now I’m intrigued!

https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Alteration

https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Mysticism

Zama666

I would rather see another skill line....so it can add to classes

francesinhalover

SunBroDesion wrote: »

Based on what we've seen with ESO expansion releases we should expect, imo, a new class soon. Due to what has been released and where dlcs have been I will say we should see a Bard or Swashbuckler/Pirate. We had warden in EP Vvardenfell, Necromancer in AD Elsweyr, so all that's left is DC and since breatons have the new dlc coming and orcs had Orsininum; that leave our good ol' Redguards. Now think what would be best to give them. I think Pirate/Swashbuckler since it would be a nice callback to the old Daggerfall game. So that's my theory, mostly believe a pirate but I could see bard.

Other classes I'd like to see is; mechanist, artificer, and bard or swashbuckler depending on which one is used for the next class.

A bard? What!? How does that work

Berserker // Pirate // battlemage could be some cool guild skill lines.

Full class? Doubtful, there arent many ideas outside of a dwarven based class that is focused on building stuff. Ultimate would probs be a spinning automaton.

Wolfshade

Then every year..., i hope-vote for a "Monk". Dc - Breton - Monk, perfect!

With active counter-skills, awesome!

francesinhalover

Wolfshade wrote: »

Then every year..., i hope-vote for a "Monk". Dc - Breton - Monk, perfect!

With active counter-skills, awesome!

black drake villa boss does martial arts, also conjures a sword and uses fire with his hand....seems like a mix of battlemage and monk

Heartrage

I don’t think we can expect a new class this year or even next year. I don’t think it’ll take 4 years but, with all the changes and balancing they do to make hybridization more viable, i don’t think they will add a new class to mess with the work they are doing. Hopefully, the changes to the system will make new classes more interesting too.

Also for class, i would like to see monk. I don’t think they can integrate unarmed as a weapon class but to add unharmed themed class skills could work. I wouldn’t want monk to be solely a martial artist class either, by definition, greybeard and moth priests pretty much are monk and so i think that they could make an elder scroll monk that is different from a diablo/dnd/avatar/wow monk.

Malthorne

If we get another class, I hope that same update brings either some type of class switching system similar to FFXIV or a class change token.

dcam86b14_ESO

the next race chapter after Breton has to be redguard, so im thinking something to do with sword singers

Celephantsylvius_Bornasfinmo

I'd like to see something unique.

It doesn't have to be a 'class', it can be guild/arcane arts/weapon skills for all.
I'd prefer them to think outside the box and propose something of their own. I don't want to see systems/classes from other games brought here just because they appeal to the masses.

'Elder scrolls -> Think inside the realm of Nirn'

whitecrow

As long as it is not gym class.

ArchMikem

Don't expect anything. Hope, maybe, but don't expect. Warden has always been planned as it was a cut class from before the game launched. Necromancer was then I think a testbed and also hotly requested. But ever since they've gotten numerous threads complaining about class balance, and those complaints believe adding more classes with their own new abilities just makes the issue worse.

I don't believe we'll get another one.

FaylenSol

We wont be getting a new class until ZOS retires support for last generation consoles or makes the decision that they just don't get certain updates anymore (like new classes or skill lines). They've reached the animation cap on what older consoles can support and still be playable.

That or they need to completely overhaul the entire system so it runs better on older hardware.

But the former is more likely since the latter would require a large investment into making sure older hardware stays relevant when it is going to lose support eventually anyways. So investing in making sure older hardware can support newer updates is a sinking ship.

Jusey1

Honestly, I feel like we might get a new class next year due to how the balance team is going this year. ESO seems to be rebalancing everything to be on the same level overall, normalizing the classes, damage, etc which in turn will make future new classes and skills much easier to balance at release as then there will be a full set of rules for everything to follow.

So if the massive balance changes this year goes well, then we might have something new next year but this is just speculating using my own experience as a mod author. Usually when I normalize things across the board in a mod of mine, it is to help make new future content. It's easier to make new stuff things if you already have a baseline to work with.

LostHorizon1933

Players finally get to play the NPC class! Check out the skill tree below:

• Skills Other Player Classes Should Have
  • Necromancer Raise Dead (ghost/skeleton/zombies)
  • Warden Summon Random Angry Varmints (hoarvoars, etc)
  • Mages Guild Summon Actual Daedra (like Dremora/Watchers/Harvesters)
  • Fighters Guild Throw Trap Right Under Opponent, at Olympic Distances
  • Anybody Throw Spear (curious we have Romans, but no pila...)
• Telegraphed Tumults
  • Spam heavy attack (even if you missed twice)
  • Nightblade's 'GRONK GRONK GRONK' attack -- wait, can they even still do that anymore?
  • Throw Oil and ... Yell for Henchman to Light It!
  • Teleport and Make Huge Lightning Blast
  • Sass enemy (esp. effective at 10% health)
• Ineffective Irritations
  • Walk Backwards and Throw Knife -- even if you end up walking out of bounds or into an object.
  • (Wolf) summon two dinky wolves, that evaporate in most AoE's
  • (On Death) Turn into an Undead Curse Puddle
  • Spawn in not at a wayshrine, but right beside someone trying to open a chest.
  • Summon -- no, not Daedra, you!!! "Do you know how long I've been looking for you?!"

Ei8htba11

IMO Berserker, Battlemage, Pirate/swashbuckler aren't classes, they're playstyles. They can be covered with existing class/guild skills and gear. That said, most 'classes' I can think of that could be added also fall under a similar umbrella.

What would be nice, as has been mentioned, would be a martial arts skill line (so anyone can use it currently), and it could be both magica and stamina based with morphs etc. A one hand and rune skill line has also been mentioned before. Personally, I'd rather see either/both of those ideas implemented over another (somewhat flavourless, now, with the changes) class.

Deter1UK

Ei8htba11 wrote: »

IMO Berserker, Battlemage, Pirate/swashbuckler aren't classes, they're playstyles. They can be covered with existing class/guild skills and gear. That said, most 'classes' I can think of that could be added also fall under a similar umbrella.

What would be nice, as has been mentioned, would be a martial arts skill line (so anyone can use it currently), and it could be both magica and stamina based with morphs etc. A one hand and rune skill line has also been mentioned before. Personally, I'd rather see either/both of those ideas implemented over another (somewhat flavourless, now, with the changes) class.

This is it. Most stuff works best in the imagination, in books or in table-top RPGs

Once you try and implement something practically on a computer it often leads to disappointment and tears

c'est le vie

NotaDaedraWorshipper

None.

Don't want new class and if one where to be added it would have been mentioned. All big feautres of the next chapter has already been said so any other big feature has to be for next year and I only want new skillines we can add to current classes. Not restricting something that everyone likely should be able to do.

Vevvev

I'd rather get a new weapon or guild skill line than another new class I'll make a character for and never touch again. New classes give me so little content compared to new skill lines all my characters can use.

Stanx

francesinhalover wrote: »

SunBroDesion wrote: »

Based on what we've seen with ESO expansion releases we should expect, imo, a new class soon. Due to what has been released and where dlcs have been I will say we should see a Bard or Swashbuckler/Pirate. We had warden in EP Vvardenfell, Necromancer in AD Elsweyr, so all that's left is DC and since breatons have the new dlc coming and orcs had Orsininum; that leave our good ol' Redguards. Now think what would be best to give them. I think Pirate/Swashbuckler since it would be a nice callback to the old Daggerfall game. So that's my theory, mostly believe a pirate but I could see bard.

Other classes I'd like to see is; mechanist, artificer, and bard or swashbuckler depending on which one is used for the next class.

A bard? What!? How does that work

I thought the same thing before I started playing D&D, but now I think a bard would be an awesome new class. It would be a very utility / support-heavy class if they stick close to the subject matter. A bard can essentially infuse magic into the power of song / melody for a variety of beneficial or damaging purposes.

Someone more familiar with Bards in an ESO context feel free to hop-in.

EDIT: Link to D&D class summary.

Vevvev

Stanx wrote: »

francesinhalover wrote: »

SunBroDesion wrote: »

Based on what we've seen with ESO expansion releases we should expect, imo, a new class soon. Due to what has been released and where dlcs have been I will say we should see a Bard or Swashbuckler/Pirate. We had warden in EP Vvardenfell, Necromancer in AD Elsweyr, so all that's left is DC and since breatons have the new dlc coming and orcs had Orsininum; that leave our good ol' Redguards. Now think what would be best to give them. I think Pirate/Swashbuckler since it would be a nice callback to the old Daggerfall game. So that's my theory, mostly believe a pirate but I could see bard.

Other classes I'd like to see is; mechanist, artificer, and bard or swashbuckler depending on which one is used for the next class.

A bard? What!? How does that work

I thought the same thing before I started playing D&D, but now I think a bard would be an awesome new class. It would be a very utility / support-heavy class if they stick close to the subject matter. A bard can essentially infuse magic into the power of song / melody for a variety of beneficial or damaging purposes.

Someone more familiar with Bards in an ESO context feel free to hop-in.

EDIT: Link to D&D class summary.

ESO context is music magic is the literal weaving and changing of the very fabric of creation. It was the same magic that led to the fall of the Dwemer, how Sword Singers performed some of their arts, among other things. Music magic is on the same level if not stronger than the Thu'um, and to be given into player's hands would be absolutely rediculous.

Bards in Oblivion when they were a class had nothing to do with music. It was all about money, speech, light armor, sword fighting, and a little bit of illusion to dazzle the crowd.

Paulytnz

More than likely any new class will be:

SOLO Expert Class - Official name, Mechanics:

1 - Can NEVER group with other players.

2 - Can NEVER use Companions.

3 - Can ONLY use 1 weapon slot.

4 - Can ONLY use class skills, no weapon skills.

5 - Can NOT use the Champion Point System.

Now that's all the downsides, now the ups:

1 - VERY POWERFUL skill lines.

2 - Can brag about how 1337 you are and can show off a special title until your first death.

3 - That's it, all other players should stop playing the game now because ONLY you matter!

Anifaas

Apparently the game is so tapped out they can’t even add new animations. How could they add a whole new class with such bare-bones development limitations?

Mushroomancer

Honestly, at this point I doubt we'll get a new class. Not until old-gen consoles are still supported at the very least.
Besides, combat doesn't even seem to be the focus of new chapters anymore. Right now, I'm just waiting to see what ZOS will bring to the table during the year, and in the next. Based on that I think I'll decide to stick to ESO, which is looking more and more like a sinking ship, or abandon it entirely.

However, supposing we do, eventually, get a new class, I still think the most versatile sort of "archetype" we can get is a mechanist/artificier sort of class, there's a lot to work with there. Can put stuff like dwarven gadgets, ancient relics or even some sort of "offensive" alchemy in their toolkit. There are already animations in the game that could work well with that last one.

Bard I don't think can work, as music isn't really a way to channel magic, I think, and tonal architecture can't just be unleashed out of a lute or something like that. It would be nice as a skill-line though, maybe make it all buffs and status, just to make it different.
Pirate would be fun, but it's too broad of a "profession" to become a class, and I'm struggling to think of any way to rationalize a Magicka or Tank Pirate. Plus I don't even think firearms are a thing in TES lore, so no flintlock pistols and stuff like that.
And please, pretty please, stop suggesting Battlemage, it's barely a class on it's own, how the hell are they gonna pull three distinct skill-lines out of it? It's literally a mage with a melee weapon and heavy armor, the entire identity of that class is tied to equipment, which is not class-locked in ESO.

MarioSMB

For what it's worth, music and sound have been rather powerful forces in ESO, from the Vigor and War Horn skills to song-based magic playing a large role in the Maw of Lorkhaj trial.
The primary reason I can say with some certainty that we will not see a Bard class in ESO is exactly because of these skills and the way this game only dabbles in such elements; there won't be a crossbow weapon because we have Silver Bolts, there won't be an illusion staff because Nightblades have illusionary magic, etc. We're never given too much of one thing, so any new class (if it were to happen) will likely be something unique and not already available in the existing skill lines.

With that said, seeing enemies throwing punches and kicks or wielding water magic in the newer dungeons is the ultimate teaser for skill lines we can only hope for!