Necromancer. 1000x Yes

I've got at least one of each of your options and really stamsorc is the only one that doesn't feel whole.

Edit: I will say it's my most effective toon though, and I do use sorc abilities and weapon abilities both but it feels like an alternative NB in a lot of ways.

Let's see:

PVP - Rogue 1v1 assassin in medium armor with significantly reduced burst melee and ranged damage and no burst heals that can be pulled from stealth by big AOEs

PVE - Nerfed DPS

Makes sense!

Again just delete the class if half the changes in the PTS notes are implemented because it will no longer be fun or enjoyable to play.

What do you mean does the class have an identity? Do you mean the class skills fit together thematically and aren't just a mixed bag of random stuff? I'd say

Sorc: almost. Daedric spellcaster. Lightning line seems like a random choice to me. Doesn't seem very daedra-y. Not horrible I guess.
DK: yes- volcanic themed skills, everything seems to fit ok to me.
Templar: yes- aedra, specifically stendarr themed skills
Nightblade: yes- sithis themed skills
Warden: NO- ice skills seem completly counter to plant skills the two do not go together at all thematically. Budding seeds in a blizzard is DUMB.
Necro: I haven't seen enough yet.

No, Warden is a hodgepodge of all the other classes barely sewn together with giant neon sutures.
It’s even more obvious when they started removing stuff from Templar et al to bolster warden usage.


Also, they took away my nb’s Tanking identity. And the templar’s Tanking identity.

Depends on what you mean? Thematic identity or gameplay identity?

Each of the classes have their thematic identities. Nightblade is shadows, subterfuge, assassination, and finesse. Templar is light, healing, spears, and Aedra. Sorcerer is lightning, dark magic, and daedric summoning. Dragonknight is dragons, fire, and earth. Warden is nature with ice, plants, and animals. Necromancer will be, well, a necromancer. All about corpses and the reanimation of them.

Now for gameplay identities many classes do not really have one, and those that do only have one for one role at the expense of other roles. For example nightblades shine at damage dealing that feels tricky like a rogue or assassin, or templars standing out as a healer having strong tools for supporting themselves and others. Others partially have an identity or lack one at all, such as Dragonknights which only really play well as tanks, but don't really feel rewarded for doing so or wardens that are jack-of-all trades but masters of none.

Now I understand that a lot of this stems from the "play how you want" mantra the game tries to pitch, and I won't knock it much as it makes the game accessible and provides a lot of options. I do think every class should be able to heal damage, take damage, and deal damage, but that this should be to varying degrees and come in different ways in order allow complexity and diversity. It would be nice though if each stam/mag DD and healer or tank aspects of a class had a defining skill or two that would help it to feel like It was playing a specific role and doing it uniquely. Things that stand out compared to other class and non-class alternatives for a role like nightblade dps' Grim Focus/Killer's Blade and templar healers' BoL/Shards would be great for making each class/role fun, viable, and unique.

Now I do not want homogenization. I want each class to be able to perform every role, but also for each class to feel unique when performing each role by emphasizing an aspect of that role through using a skill or two that is better than other classes have access to for that aspect of that role. Other classes have single target damage skills, but none have a skill that reduces the cost of their rotation and provides a damage burst like Relentless Focus/Merciless Resolve, and other classes have executes but Killer's Blade/Impale is the best. Other classes have self/off heals, but templar has the best single target burst heal with Breath of Life/Honor the Dead. Every class has access to Orbs to restore allies resources, but templar's Shards restores more. Other classes could do better to emphasize different aspects of a role.

Dragonknights already have damage over time abilities in their kit, more than others. Maybe dragonknight could have the best damage over time abilities? Other classes have DoTs, maybe DKs could have more in theirs that would reward them for using more/waiting for them to end/applying as many as possible. Sorcerers have a lot of area of effect abilities. Half their kit has one morph or both that hits multiple targets. Liquid Lightning, Volatile Familiar, Crystal Blast (lol does anyone even use it?), Daedric Mines, Negate. Maybe give them skill tweaks that reward them for hitting multiple targets, hitting the same target with multiple aoes, or something. I could pitch more ideas. Different aspects of a role that each class accentuate in different ways to have more/better skills. Aspects of roles to emphasize would be things like buffing allies or debuffing enemies, self buffs and group buffs, AoE and single target, burst and DoT, selfish and enabling, risk and reward vs. safe and consistent.

Templar has the theme of being passively more sturdy than the other classes, but has less mobility. The rune passive gives a ton of extra resists and minor protection is up a lot due to spears.

They are trying to remove major protection from templar ultimate but for now anyway this also makes a dps templar very tanky.

I main stamsorc so no, I use only 3 skills from my class and no ults, so basically everything I have is from weapon lines.

Templar, Yes

Stamplar: Jabby-Jabby Smacky-Whacky

Magplar: Jabby-Jabby Zappy-Zappy

magDK is fine, but stamDK is a different story. Nowhere in the dragonknight skill books is it stated, that they use poison. It's all because they wanted a stamina equivalent to how magDK works with burning and thought, poison will fit just fine but it doesn't! It feels out of place. If they could just get rid of the damage types being tied to magicka or stamina and change the stamDK into a more physical aspect of the dragon, which would also go well with the earth theme, that would be great!

Stam Sorc's identity is no identity. Outside of Hurricane you won't even feel anything like a class in PvE. PvP offense is 90% weapon and guild stuff. I could bite myself in the arse that I tested the Necro, now it seems like my main will gather some dust.