Having enjoyed previous TES games, I've always felt ESO's class system was way too restrictive. Subclassing has created significant flexibility that I am very much enjoying.

nightbringer1993 wrote: »

Multiclass because I have no choice. Pure class is too weak and as I am still trying to play with my necro, am forced to use other skill lines to make it work.

The “no choice” is also content related, if you go on a vet trial or PvP, multiclass will be forced upon you.

The introduction of subclasses in this game was a mistake.

That's multiclassing because you want to be competitive.

chose Other as there is literally no Subclassing option.
ZOS called it Subclassing so we should call it that regardless of how a similar system is called in other games.


Most of my builds are Subclassed.
To me it is more fun, exciting, and it makes combat more accessible.
i do not care about META (most efficient tactic available), i cannot comfortably light attack weave, and the supposed best builds are not fun or are tedious to use. (especially sets that require gaining stacks to do best damage)


My main character is a Warden and all my characters use Oakensoul on damage builds.

For years i wanted to make a Nocturnal build using Unfathomable Darkness and Grace of Gloom, but did not have the right skills until Subclassing and Skill Styling.
now it uses:
1: Grim Focus.
2: Talons.
3: Burst Soul, healing scripts.
4: Dive with Crow style.
5: Fetcher Infection with Crow style.
Ultimate: Dragon Leap with Crow style.
it is pretty fun.

Another fun build:
Sorcerer pets, Warden bear, and Fatecarver. it makes combat much more accessible.

Cloak from Nightblade's Shadow line and Streak from Sorcerer's Storm Calling line are both helpful outside of combat, for stealing items and avoiding enemies. So i am happy i can use those skills together on all characters.


Though i do hope the Class Refresh makes classes more fun to use on their own, excited for Warden's refresh as it is my favourite class.

I don’t really do content that requires optimization or meta. I do normal dungeons, IA, and overland.

Right now, I would say it varies. When subclassing first came out, I went wild and came up with all sorts of builds. Now that it’s settled down, I reverted some to pure classes because they were feeling too similar. So I am trending to pure classes currently.

subclassing because it feels like my character has and is learning new things and picking up new skills and she explores the world it shows she is growing which is what i want it to be like

I chose the closest option to how I feel overall but I feel this poll falls into the trap many others do relating to things. As others said above, I always felt the base classes were weird and only really fully liked one class's full thematic (nightblade). All others I liked parts or parts for my characters but overall had parts that I didn't like or preferred other classes. Some of my characters rp/thematically fit their full pureclass build, but many others never felt complete before subclassing.

Adding "I prefer pureclassing because both+other and not giving that option to subclassing is going to make the data feel weird. Also, unsurprisingly nobody so far has chosen "I like subclassing because I want to be competitive" which might have felt better if you worded it in a way that people who actually feel that way feel (that I hear often from that crowd) "I don't care about pureclass or subclassing I just want to play the strongest build" because there are players I know with this mindset and it's not accurately represented above. Similarly "I prefer subclassing because my guild makes me" feels dissonant, do you want what the player prefers to play or what they usually play because they feel pressured or forced to?

I'm just kinda frustrated at people kinda putting weighted stuff on the subclassing system. There are reasons people prefer both but it seems people don't seem to understand why players play differently than them. At this point I'm more curious on what a player's game motivation is and how they feel about subclassing (image for reference) because I feel that would be more telling.

Pure class because I enjoy my main as is.

(the reasons you give for keeping a pure class don't apply to me.)

AzuraFan wrote: »

Pure class because I enjoy my main as is.

(the reasons you give for keeping a pure class don't apply to me.)

Pure class for "any other reason" would have been a good choice for this.

Honestly, I think this poll's wording is too complicated to be valid.

I really hate subclassing. My desire to be good and my roleplay harmony with my character weren’t in conflict, subclassing means I have to choose one or the other. Subclassing means all my tanks would play almost the exact same (how incredibly boring, especially with how often I use them! There’s a reason I switch up which one I use!). Subclassing means how I enjoyed theorycrafting no longer exists (making use of an entire class’ kit, choosing which tank to bring to content based on what skills they have— almost none of which would even be used in subclassing). Subclassing was a mistake. Damage is at an all time high. The whispers before it was announced were “this is a terrible idea”. It’s not even subclassing, it’s multiclassing. It doesn’t even work well for the chatacters I actually want to subclass because, say, I’ve been kicking myself for not making my main a warden… but I can’t take 2 warden lines and I just can’t justify taking warden over nightblade. We should have gotten actual subclasses and class change tokens, never this.

spartaxoxo wrote: »

AzuraFan wrote: »

Pure class because I enjoy my main as is.

(the reasons you give for keeping a pure class don't apply to me.)

Honestly, I think this poll's wording is too complicated to be valid.

I struggled between choosing this option and the first one. Only having one poll per post is so limiting!

I prefer whichever makes sense for the character roleplay wise. I prefer that subclassing exists as an option but not it itself always.

Thank you for all your posts, I am excited to read all your reasons and how you approach the game. I know that the poll options are no perfect, and they could not be since they could only express my thinking about people motivations to play pure class or not so I was curious about yours. But I have a much more clear picture now, that you guys wrote all those reasons and how you feel about the issue!

You cannot comprehend the skills necessary to be a master of the ways of magic unless you pure class a sorcerer...duh!

Whatever gets the job done.

Pure-class only because I have pure-class PRIDE.

I won't touch subclassing with a 50-foot pole, not a single one of my characters has ever even spoken with the NPC, it was a mistake to add to the game and honestly, I want an addon that removes the subclassing menu from the character skills screen.