Unit117 wrote: »

I’ve been playing since 2014 too...

But have you...

TheShadowScout wrote: »

...been playing the game since summer 2014, and have a dozend characters already.

???
Because that's the thing, if I had only made five characters since then, I would not mind new classes as much. But I made fifteen, and after a dozend or so, it does get a little tedious to consider playing through it all again for new classyness... it would be different if there were classchange tokens, but the powers that be are on record saying they never want to add those, so... unless they change their mind sometime...

Unit117 wrote: »

Played all the classes. And they are stale to me after 4.5 years of playing

And that is why I am thinking of ways that would be interesting for -both- new AND old characters.
Psijic was nice, but... I have to agree, it was a bit "meh" in the grind for it department, and not all that great anyhow (and personally I want -choices- darnit, I want people to have to pick one option out of several instead of being able to doitall on one character, so characters develop in different directions!)

On the other hand, Warden really vexed me, for exactly those reasons I mentioned... I had two "nature" themed characters before I would have made wartden if it had been available at launch, and it really annoyed me that I found myself semi-retiring the old ones (pending new backstory and character redesign once I get new character ideas) and redoing them as new wardens, playing those through content again (still working on that) and so on... and I would prefer not to have to experience such vexation again, yes? Or see others who might feel similar get vexed by a game I would prefer to see everyone enjoy so it will stay around for a long time...

Thus my ideas about class morphings... where people could add a fourth class skill line to their "basic" classes, thus "morphing" their class into a "prestige class", but would have to pick one out of several options to "specialize" in (my suggestion has three per class, but there is no reason they could not expand this to many, many more... and remember, unlike basic classes these morphs would be possible to respec, so people could play around more, which in fact might make old characters more enjoyable again!). Possibly even with added changes to the base class... at the very least palette shifts of the basic skills to look different, make the specialized sub-class visually different for more diversity and all that...

Of course, I -am- coming at this from a roleplayers perspective. I do not play a "class", I play -characters-. I like the favorite characters of mine not because their class and build gives me a advantage in play, but because of the backstry and such I dreamed up for them. One of the reasons you will never hear me whine about any nerfings... since thae set of rules that portrays the characters in-game abilities are not what I am here for, I am here for the lore and the fluff, the characters as I envision them in the game world I enjoy... so when the rules change, I just adapt and keep playing my favorite characters.
Tho it does get a little stale, sometime. Which is why I would like to see more new options. More weapons to play with, more guilds to join, and yes, something like the old "prestige classes" from D&D; a set of post-class "specialization" options for all characters.

Vinterskald wrote: »

None, actually. What I would love would be ways to make classes even less restrictive. I know, it's already a great thing that any class can use any armour and any weapon, but I'd really, really be in favour of being able to use other classes' skills to a certain extent...

Well... I said it before elsewhere...

TheShadowScout wrote: »

Dual Classing
What if there was a way to expand ones characters class skills by learning a different class on top of the original one, but with some limits? Like... you only get -one- skill line from another class, and you don't get to pick either, but have it determined by the classes involved? With one skill line for each class that is main-class-specific and cannot be shared as dual-classing?

The whole thing could be dependent on finding well hidden "master trainers" (possibly even appearing in different locations at different times, a bit like the vampire/werewolf infection spawns – think "wandering sage you have to track down" shtick that’s a classic in many stories...), and then completing a special "Initiation" quest before unlocking the new skill line and changing your basic class to a new "Dual Class", with a new class name to show off, new class symbol, etc. Naturally there would be one master trainer for each class, and what combination a character would get was determined which master trainer they approach for the quest, and their original class – there could also be a way to "reset" this, much like skill morphs or vampirism/lycantropy... (although at this point, I’d expect them to make that a crown store service)

I imagine something like:
• Dragonknight & Siphoning (Nightblade) = Berserker
• Dragonknight & Storm Calling (Sorceror) = Spellsword
• Dragonknight & Dawn's Wrath (Templar) = Pyromancer
• Dragonknight & Winters Embrace (Warden) = Guardian

• Nightblade & Earthen Heart (Dragonknight) = Scout
• Nightblade & Dark Magic (Sorceror) = Agent
• Nightblade & Restoring Light (Templar) = Rogue
• Nightblade & Animal Companion (Warden) = Ranger

• Sorceror & Ardent Flame (Dragonknight) = Battlemage
• Sorceror & Shadow (Nightblade) = Illusionist
• Sorceror & Restoring Light (Templar) = Sage
• Sorceror & Winters Embrace (Warden) = Cryomancer

• Templar & Ardent Flame (Dragonknight) = Crusader
• Templar & Shadow (Nightblade) = Inquisitor
• Templar & Dark Magic (Sorceror) = Witchhunter
• Templar & Animal Companion (Warden) = Pilgrim

• Warden & Earthen Heart (Dragonknight) = Barbarian
• Warden & Siphoning (Nightblade) = Cultist
• Warden & Storm Calling (Sorceror) = Shaman
• Warden & Dawn's Wrath (Templar) = Monk

(and yes, I keep coming back to as many of the old class names from earlier elder scrolls games as i can... )

...and that is also something I would appreciate seeing (anything that is refittable to existing characters, really...), though I expect the balance issues may cause a few grey hairs...