Class Mastery (Season Zero Content)
Class Mastery will be released as part of Season Zero.
The Class Mastery system is a new feature that grants access to powerful passive effects for characters that have mastered (i.e. reached level 50) in all 3 of their native class skill lines and are not actively subclassing. Here we explain the rules and mechanics of these skill lines, while the actual passives will be listed in the Combat section.
These skill lines will utilize Class Mastery Points; distinct from Skill Points, these are exclusively utilized in your Class Mastery skill line and are unlocked automatically when you unlock Class Mastery. For the time being you are limited to 2, which are both immediately granted.
Losing access to Class Mastery in any capacity will refund these points and their effects, and the respec process is the same as normal skill points through the Respec or Armory systems.
Activating subclassing in any capacity by swapping out one or more of your native class skills will automatically refund and unlearn any currently active purchases from Class Mastery. The skill line will also remain hidden while subclassing, only appearing again when you respec into all your native class skill lines.
The skill line will appear greyed out in your skills page on low level characters, with a small blurb on how to unlock the skill line.
This system is HIGHLY iterative and will likely see significant changes over time, as its primary goal is to lessen the gap between subclassing and “pure” or “mono-classing.”
As we continue work on the class refresh, the contents of these skill lines will be adjusted as necessary both functionally and numerically.
Each class will have its own UNIQUE skill line called “Class Mastery” which currently holds five unique passives that augment or upgrade core experiences to the specific class. Each passive requires 1 Class Mastery Point to learn but can be respecced at any time with the respec feature. These effects range from agnostic power increases to more role centric or passive specific upgrades, so make sure to read carefully to see how these effects can influence your character!
Passive effects stating they “upgrade” a specific effect means they require you to have access to the effect. For example, a passive that “upgrades rank 2 of Blood Magic” will require you to purchase Blood Magic rank 2 before the passive begins to affect your character.