Should ESO do Away With the Class System?

Vanthras79

Thinking about how some devs have said over the years that ESO was going to be a class based-system and we have not seen a new class since Elswyer (2019), I was wondering if this game could be more like Skyrim where all the class spells would be available to every character. I know this is rather radical, but I think it would help with the class balancing system, whereas there would be no classes to balance just abilities to fine-tune. New revenue for ZOS would come from new skills/abilities being tied into chapters rather than new classes and the balancing nightmares that brings.

TheTuSiK

With classes as they are now you have pros and cons and you choose which class fits you based on which pros are important to you and which cons don't bother you that much. Given there's always a META (in both pve and pvp) people would just choose the most effective set of skills + some support skills in case that's their role. Depending on a patch, classes were sometimes more sometimes less but they were different from one another. You could tell when someone was on Warden, Sorc, Nightblade etc. Your idea kills diversity. The class identity right now is not perfect but it is. Better that than none.

GreatGildersleeve

ESO has a class system? I thought they were making everything available to all classes and combining everything they could in the name of homogenization.

INM

Like the game isn't homogenized enough. It will lead to everyone playing the same build.

Klingenlied

Vanthras79 wrote: »

Thinking about how some devs have said over the years that ESO was going to be a class based-system and we have not seen a new class since Elswyer (2019), I was wondering if this game could be more like Skyrim where all the class spells would be available to every character. I know this is rather radical, but I think it would help with the class balancing system, whereas there would be no classes to balance just abilities to fine-tune. New revenue for ZOS would come from new skills/abilities being tied into chapters rather than new classes and the balancing nightmares that brings.

Would be a instant quit for me and asking for a refund actually. For me, classes, as rudimentary as they are in ESO, make Multiplayer-RPG-titles. Take this away and it is something I never agreed to play.

dmnqwk

I vehemently dislike people who create biased polls. It's fine you have an opinion, but why doesn't it go:
'yes (please explain why)'.

It's obvious the op thinks yes, based simply on the poll, but why make a poll for that? Just ask the question and be honest about your stance!

fizzylu

I answered yes, but that's just because I think classes were a bad choice to begin with.... but it's also too late to remove them. Just go play New World or Albion Online for some solid no class gameplay.

Mr_Stach

Zos struggles to balance 3 class skill trees working together. Now imagine them trying to balance 18 class skill trees working together. It would be a balance nightmare

M0ntie

No because the classes provide some variety and interest. I also don’t think we need a heaps of extra classes. What we have is fine although if someone thinks up a feasible interesting extra class I’d be ok with that.

Treeshka

The game just need a system where it allows you to change classes of your character but having access to all at the same time is not a good idea.

Artim_X

Balancing nightmare of peeps being punished for not playing the absolute meta PvE or PvP build.

Despite homogenization, the class system allows for some degree or variety, which is a must for a game based on horizontal progression.

From a financial perspective, ZOS would lose out on money if peeps could do everything on one character (horse training, skill line boosts, skyshard skips, etc.).

fred4

Please explain why for the "No" option? Shouldn't that be for the "Yes" option?

Vevvev

As someone who's played Archeage and seen the unparalleled character customization of over 200 combinations boil down to just 6 based on what content/role you're doing, please no.