I would prefer ZOS to work on performance.

But if we were to have new 'classes' they should do them like guilds. Since we can only have a limited amount of skills slotted, it could allow for more horizontal progression beyond gear. Just give them 2 signature active skills, 2 passives, and maybe an ultimate instead of the regular skills. We'd still have to figure out how to make builds with them.

Give these 'classes' a couple of npc's to act as a teacher of the groups' techniques and philosophy. And you have a small minifaction that any player could join and learn. Some of these skills could be related to weapons and foci that have been asked for, and double as backup weapon skill lines to an extent. Especially if they could give these groups a motif.

• Battlemage/Spellsword
• Archer/Scout
• Bard/Scholar (we almost have that with the lore surrounding Antiquities, but no we had to have a mini game instead)
• Berserkers
• Monks/Pugilists
• And so on.

The above list are just examples. I seriously doubt ZOS would ever do this. I have come to believe that they have a limit placed on them on what they can create, and likely this is why we won't see this kind of approach. But it does feel like the game is missing something to not have this in some form.

Tessitura wrote: »

I'd rather see some new weapon skill lines instead of a new class. Weapon and Focus for magicka, and spears for Stamina. It's the dream I want but will probably never get to have. ( By focus I mean things like spell tomes, orbs, crystals, and skulls. What it looks like would depend on the motif style. )

Yes please! And crossbows! And new animations!

That's ALL WE NEED.

Another class that has access to Major Protection, Minor Protection, and Minor Maim all at once as abilities.

FIX THE GAME FIRST.

CMDR_Un1k0rn wrote: »

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Battlemage#Notes

Like Warden, Battlemage was actually originally planned to be in the game from Day One.

For whatever reason it was scrapped.

If the theory that we are going to Cyrodiil next year holds true, then I would be surprised if the class is not Battlemage.

Obviously same reasons as the Warden. Battlemage was most likely too similar to the Sorcerer. But, they took the time to redesign the Warden to make it unique enough, can't see why they can't do that again.

They should really take some time to make sure the vampire rework, (and werewolf tweeks), work well enough to be playable, fun and not OP, before moving on to another class or skill line.

I want to see a new playable race, I want to see race passives impact your playstyle less, why can't I be a orc magicka sorcerer without being at a disadvantage.

People asking for a ''battlemage'' class look at the bigger picture.. what special is it going to offer
It's just gonna be another sorcerer maybe different spell colors and less or more pets.. pointless..

Necromancer was a great addition it added an entire new theme, a battlemage isn't going to do that no one is gonna look at a trailer of a battlemage and be like well i will buy the game just to play that!

Werewolf needs a texture fix it looks like a damn puppy, also a overhaul imo.
Vampire is still quite trash and can use a second overhaul.

New class?

Literally nothing that would make sense in this game, we already have the typical classes.

Dragonknight, your typical warrior with a dragon theme.
Sorcerer, your wizard & summoning class.
Nightblade, your typical thief/rogue class.
Templar, your paladin/godly themed class.
warden, nature/druid class.
necromancer, the dark wizard summoning the undead class..


What else would make sense, a monk maybe? but has there ever been lore about a fighting monk?
Someone in here mentioned a bard which would just be weird and make no sense what you gonna throw books at enemies? and tell them a story till they die from boredom? this just doesn't fit in the game.

mikejezz wrote: »

Oliviander wrote: »

In my opinion it is rather time to give up on classes altogether, than introducing a new one.
As we have only 12 skills to slot we are limited enough.
And by opening all skill lines to every character all balance issues will be gone :-)

For some reason Zenimax thought the average ESO player is more stupid than a traditional TES player, since they've removed a feature that was a part of every single TES game.

Except it isn't about being dumber than "a traditional TES player" it's about multiplayer vs single player. In single player no one cares if you break the game with some unintended super build. In an mmo you have tons of other players who care if you break the game. "But everybody will have access to the super build!" Yup, and then you will see nothing but the super build, until the nerf. Then it'll be another super build, then nerf, super build, nerf. Rinse, repeat. And this is also why i think spellcrafting will be entirely cosmetic if they ever implemented it.

Edit (because i hate not having at least a suggestion of a solution to a problem):
To make an open skills system work they would have to do a redesign of the combat system from the ground up and something on that level would most likely be eso 2. But they could rework combat to a slightly slower pace with skill cooldowns and hard coding limits on interactions between skills.

Tl;dr no they don't think we're dumb. They know we're collectively smarter than they are and will find a way to break the game.

I like the idea of a bard.

Probably along the same lines as Alan Dean Fosters Spellsinger series.

Different instruments could have different effects.

I'd rather they fix the classes before adding new ones.

But if I had to choose, I'd say a new weapon skill line for bound weapons so magic users can get up close in melee if they want.

No new classes but more active skill lines instead, in my opinion.
Weapon skill lines also for that matter would be cool.