I’d definitely be interested in more skill lines. With subclassing on the horizon—and possibly a full classless system down the line—I think it makes more sense to invest in new individual skill lines rather than whole new classes. It gives players more flexibility and playstyle options. A monk or pugilist line could slot right into that system and still feel fresh and thematic.

Cooperharley wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

i would be interested in an Unarmed skill line in the Weapon category.

all classes are magic based so i don't believe any future class would be martial instead

If you note the final boss of BDV for instance, he is very clearly a monk-type NPC and shoots flames out of his hands. I'm sure if ESO introduced a monk-based class it would be heavily martial w/ a fair bit of magic in it for an elder scrolls spin.

What would the rest of its magic abilities be like?
because if a Monk class has flame magic that'd be pretty similar to Dragonknight

Never like that sort of thing.... Then again, I doubt it will make any difference to me from now on. Though.... I also think with this subclass thing they're out of the "new class" business.

TaSheen wrote: »

Never like that sort of thing.... Then again, I doubt it will make any difference to me from now on. Though.... I also think with this subclass thing they're out of the "new class" business.

Agreed. I don't think we are going to see much more custom stuff being made as far as classes. Its gonna be shuffling and cosmetics. Artists are cheap these days and plentiful. Not hard to contract or have interns make flashy stuff. The game is not in maintenance mode, but its on that path.

I am not interested in a new class.
I am not sure how hand to hand would be any different that using weapons
"don't bring a knife to a destruction staff fight"

What you're describing isn't a Class. It's a weapon line.

This is one of the things I see people get wrong the most when they want their D&D Class (Monk or Bard) in ESO. The definition of a Class in ESO is three skill lines and skills that can allow someone to adequately perform all three holy trinity roles. The class lines should not restrict them into a specific role or weapon.

That means when most people say "I want ESO to have monks!" they're really meaning "I want to play any existing Class but with an Unarmed weapon line!" What they don't mean is "I want to play my religious-themed Class tank who wields a greatsword and full heavy armor!"

I'd be open to an unarmed weapon line, but it would be interesting to see how it would be put in to ensure that you could still get set bonuses (and then the things would need to be craftable at the standard set crafting stations and also drop the special arena weapons as well). I was thinking that they could be extra items at a Jewelry station, or even make it so the Unarmed passives double the set bonuses of the current rings?

But yes, I really hope there are more actual Classes coming, especially now that you can play with Class lines on existing characters (or make a new one if you have space). I still really want an Artificer so badly since that could bring in some unique skill themes like triggerable traps, while also giving a full line of Tonal Magic (aka the Bard line people want)

Unarmed would need to be quite strong for the loss of 2 set bonus. They could however make a 'fist' weapon like knuckles etc.