a better idea for subclasses ...

CoronHR

i think it'd be cool if you could pair together certain skills from certain classes to create an actual named subclass, eg. 'elementalist', 'pet master' (forgive names! that one needs refinement), 'shadow warrior?' etc etc and many, many more. i think the way they're presenting it is you can mix and match any kind of skill, but i think it would help to provide specific subclasses, with achievements attached to creating them, and all with specific names, and this will maybe ... maybe help preserve class identity. i doubt they would implement something like this now, because they've probably got it all set up to roll out, and what i'm suggesting would be a lot of extra work, so i don't believe this has a chance of happening, but i think it's a nice idea.

Danikat

Players will give popular builds names, just like they do now.

As for preserving class identity I think that's up to the player, they can pick skills which fit how they see their character and avoid ones which don't work.

For example a warden might use the sorcerer's Storm Calling abilities so they can cast lightning spells instead of or as well as frost ones, but they'd avoid the Summoning skill line because the warden for them is all about using Nirn's natural magic and summoning Daedra into it is the opposite of that.

But then another warden might only use the Summoning skill line because they want to make a 'pet master' or a summoner or whatever you want to call it, and if anything it's less strange to make a daedra appear from thin air than a bear.

If they're going to open up multiclassing I think it's better to let players decide which combinations work for them than try to police who's idea of their class identity is right or wrong.

amig186

Some dumb name ideas:
Sorc + NB: Silent Storm
DK + templar: Firelight
Necro + arcanist: Dead Poet
NB + DK: Nightfire
Sorc + templar: Divine Lightning
Necro + NB: Ghost
NB + templar: Darklight
Necro + templar: The duality of man Deadlight
Sorc + arcanist: Daedric scholar
Warden + DK: Forest Fire?

DestroyerPewnack

amig186 wrote: »

Some dumb name ideas:
Sorc + NB: Silent Storm
DK + templar: Firelight
Necro + arcanist: Dead Poet
NB + DK: Nightfire
Sorc + templar: Divine Lightning
Necro + NB: Ghost
NB + templar: Darklight
Necro + templar: The duality of man Deadlight
Sorc + arcanist: Daedric scholar
Warden + DK: Forest Fire?

I disagree. NB + DK: Nightknight. 😂