Ultima Online opened it to everyone. Still some of the best pvp to this day.

There would be 0 reason to pick one class over the other. Every class would be the same and op.

Sorc shields with NB damage and templar healing + dk resistance... yeah

PvP would be fun with eveyone running incap & runecage tho

Jerkling wrote: »

DUMBEST. IDEA. EVER.

This ^

A change like this would more than likely result in just about everyone running the same op builds for pve/pvp respectively.

jcm2606 wrote: »

This would be stupidly broken. The skill lines are designed and balanced around the idea that they should be exclusive to their class. Allowing players to pick and choose would open up possibilities that would result in players becoming literally unkillable gods that can self sustain for all eternity and dish out incredible amounts of damage.

The time for an open class system has come and gone long ago. To implement this without completely breaking balance would require redesigning every single ability to accommodate the open nature of the new system. The game is too far into its lifespan to do this and survive at the other end.

Whenever this response is made to open classes in a game I simply think the person replying does not understand what is being requested. You're absolutely right, some builds would rise to the top. This is kind of true now isn't it? The only difference is that the meta dictates that whatever your class is will be bottom dog or top dog by merit of sheer luck. In short opening up the skill lines is very possible and can be balanced. If you made an argument that it would be too difficult or expensive to implement I might get behind you, but insulting our intelligence with this kind of remark or worse yet condescending that you are somehow more intelligent is a bit self-aggrandizing. This is why I agree with the last part of what you have said. The reality is that it is possible for them to make such changes. Many MMO's have survived such massive changes before. We're not at their studio with their investors and their perspective on where the game should go. As players we just remark on what we'd like to see happen. I personally would have liked an open skill system but I've said this even during Beta. I like the game. Its beautiful. I think it falls short in the lore perspective when you compare it to previous games (even if those games sometimes didn't always track perfectly). ESO is still a beautiful and fun game.

That being said I think an awful lot of people would stylistically like to see ESO fit in line more with the open-ness of design that previous TES games exhibited. When you come from any of the games that TES produced whether it is Arena, Morrowind, Oblivion or Skyrim the MMO version of the world does feel a bit constricting in character development.

ppl will totally stop crying over destro ult, steel tornado, proxy det, shieldbreaker, vicious death, sloads and the likes if that happens \o/

Love the idea but to implement it in an mmo is not a good one though. It's a different feel for other TES games, since those have been single player experiences.

I've played an mmo that has access to all its skill lines, it was the Secret World. Not it's current itineration but when it first started. You only need one character to level all skill lines. It's one of the best mmos that many never played but at the same time, what ever the concerns that the posters here have with regards to an open access to all skill lines happened in that game. Players will always gravitate towards the bis, towards easiest combo to play. You literally have tens to hundreds of players playing the same build in pvp. You had only one best build for tanking, best healing build.

But I wouldn't make big claims that this will destroy the game or something. It'll certainly change the landscape, just like how 1T was.