Subclasses

Malyore · April 10

I always wondered if this was something they'd go for, but I assumed Scribing would remove the likelihood. Now that it's confirmed, I'm EXCITED. Just wanted to share that this sounds cool. Hope the subclassing is delivered well

Leia98 · April 10

"Muh class identity" posts are incoming

MasterSpatula · April 10

This sounds like exactly what a lot of players who love theorycrafting and build experimentation would love--and exactly would drive players who think the game is overly complex and overly unbalanced away for good.

tohopka_eso · April 10

nah subclasses I'm for, class change i was not for

Einstein_ · April 10

i am very scared about balancing in pvp
i see unavoidable oneshots coming in from everywhere....

Stamicka · April 10

They didn't learn unfortunately. More customization actually leads to a homogenous game as we saw with hybridization. Hybridization reduced the number of classes from 14 to 7. This will basically reduce the number of classes to 1 or 2. Why would you not put Merciless Resolve on every class for example? There's clear best choices within each class that can now be combined.

It is actually restrictions and forcing compromise that creates new playstyles. Something like a Magplar and a Stamplar used to feel very different because Magplar didn't have a good heal over time and that fundamentally changed how the two were played.

I don't think this is a good idea, but it's too late now.

Malyore · April 10

Leia98 wrote: »

"Muh class identity" posts are incoming

My class identity is using magic!! I want to use the magic my neighbors use!

Jamie_Aubrey · April 10

Lets give unkillable DKs Templar healing skills

Militan1404 · April 10

Amazing, now pvp would have sorcs streaking into cloack and nightblades with ward…

Renato90085 · April 10

can't wait in pveendgame have 12necro meta

Stx · April 10

This is an excellent idea.

Min/max players will continue to min/max and continue to pretend like build diversity in endgame was ever a thing.

People who make creative and fun builds will have a lot more options to play with.

Win / win

Tommy_The_Gun · April 10

So, there is going to be only 1 meta class I guess. And obvious thing is - something like this will break the game & most likely will result in more nerfs than it is worth it. One thing is for certain. A lot of classes will become obsolete - both in PvE & PvP. Like for real, imagine DK with cloak. Yes. Every one will be picking up NB's Shadow skill tree just for this specific skill. While on NB in itself it is somewhat balanced, it wont be on other classes that were never meant to have it as they are more tanky. Like for example DK will be able to rest fight just like NB is on top of being tanky. Sorc ? Same thing. You will have streaking NB's & cloaking Sorcs... that does not sound fun. As mentioned - same thing will happen in end-game PvE. There will be only 3 builds - DPS, Tank & Healer....

Icy_Waffles · April 10

Whats the point of having 15+ characters now? Oof.

Also there’s now only going to be one dps option lol

TX12001rwb17_ESO · April 10

Can we choose custom class names?

If I am using 1 Warden Skill line, 1 DK skill line and 1 Sorceror skillline then could I be called an Elementalist?

tohopka_eso · April 10

thankfully I dont follow Meta and play how I prefer to play.

LunaFlora · April 10

i am very excited for Subclassing 🩷

can't wait to have Animal Companions, Curative Runeforms, and Daedric Summoning on my main build

ReeceLavellan · April 10

Naturally now I will have to walk around with my 2 sorc pets, companion, pet, and a warden bear!

Navaac223 · April 10

I was really hopeful after I saw necro was getting pvp buffs in u43. We got 10 extra seconds on the armor and corpses now don't work outside of combat. Then u44 announced new bgs and we got a downgrade. I'm very cautiously hopeful about this, as it means I could finally get a stun on my necromancer. That said, I know zos is going to find a way to screw up, at least for the pvp balance side. Mark my words

Tbagging wardsorcs after killing them on a ward spamming necro would be cool though

1mirg · April 10

so instead of fixing the class identity issues they just completely destroyed class identity for every class?

yeah, no. bad call.
/sigh

Stx · April 10

2 x necro pets, 2x Sorc pets, and Bear ultimate

🤣🤣🤣

AScarlato · April 10

Do we pick and choose one subclass or several? Do they include passives and replace a skill line we already have?

Sorry I was not able to watch the stream so curious how it all will work.

SpiritKitten · April 10

so I am assuming how they worded it, it's swapping out skill line for skill line, so still limits to 3 per char

Redtrek524 · April 10

I'm looking forward to it. Templar spear for other classes...thats about as close to new weapons as we're going to get, sadly. I really wanted an actual crossbow

Tandor · April 10

tohopka_eso wrote: »

nah subclasses I'm for, class change i was not for

I totally agree.

I want all my characters to be different, but that has always meant simply taking say a nightblade and having either a dual-wielding assassin or a bow-equipped archer. Now one can have a bit of sorcery while another has a bear fighting alongside him/her. That's totally different to turning a nightblade into a sorcerer or warden.

It sounds great, if that's what it means - but, as always, the devil is in the detail, not to mention the implementation, as well as the implications for performance.

adamsmith42 · April 10

All damage dealers will now be Arc beam 100->40, plar beam 40->0 with DK standard for an ult

Melivar · April 10

Will be interested to see how the trade offs work. Wil certainly make overland play more fun with a character that really fits what I envision in my head.

PVP and End Game will be interesting but at the end of the day the top tier groups do similar with thier set ups anways.

Stx · April 10

AScarlato wrote: »

Do we pick and choose one subclass or several? Do they include passives and replace a skill line we already have?

Sorry I was not able to watch the stream so curious how it all will work.

There wasn’t a lot of details given. But in their showcase you could see one character using Necro skills with sorcerer skills and Templar skills all at once. So I assume you can just combine three skill trees together. No idea about passives but I would assume you get those too with the skill tree you choose.

valenwood_vegan · April 10

adamsmith42 wrote: »

All damage dealers will now be Arc beam 100->40, plar beam 40->0 with DK standard for an ult

I would agree except I kinda expect we'll see massive nerfs as part of this.

AScarlato · April 10

Stx wrote: »

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AScarlato wrote: »

Do we pick and choose one subclass or several? Do they include passives and replace a skill line we already have?

Sorry I was not able to watch the stream so curious how it all will work.

There wasn’t a lot of details given. But in their showcase you could see one character using Necro skills with sorcerer skills and Templar skills all at once. So I assume you can just combine three skill trees together. No idea about passives but I would assume you get those too with the skill tree you choose.

Thank you. Gives a lot to think about. RP wise I like this, but I'm not a good enough player to know what this would do to balance.

Sleep724 · April 10

Sorcerers with cloak lol

Stx · April 10

Quick video on it

https://youtu.be/kkMm20QCE9g?si=_n6eIB_m00rPEpmS