I do have cases where I lose interest based off of the classes in a game.
Elder Scrolls Online did sway me a bit (though I'd say its more of the gameplay that did), although a game that did this to me completely was Lotro. The classes just blurred together so much for me and came off very dull. I couldn't find myself interested in any of them.
I find that it's about how a team of designers/developers can REHASH what's already there into something that elusively brands itself as different. So take a warrior for example, it can be called anywhere from Berserker to Guardian or Bladedancer and what not. The skill sets would be everything to do with melee combat, this cannot differ in all games.
It really boils comes down to how they implement the rule to their game.
I hate when MMO's don't even attempt to balance classes. It's the reason I quit FFXI back in the day and the reason I don't play it to this day. Half the classes are just worse versions of others. Same problem with EQ2
Not often honestly. More over I get annoyed if the game does not offer decent supporting mechanics to make the gameplay meaningful, as classes functionally are mostly just prepackaged elements to define a particular experience. So if I'm annoyed at the way something plays, it's mostly to do with what I consider poor game design as opposed to a singular class or set of classes.
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rovshana75 said: Did you try playing to lvl 20/25ish in Wildstar @Kazuhiro? Classes really start getting awesome then. I actually found that Wildstar is one of the only games I've ever played, that I enjoyed most classes, and had a hellufa time picking a main in
No, I never did make it that far. I recall trying every class to around lvl10-15 way back when you needed a buddy invite to try the game for a week. I recently re-downloaded it and didn't even make it to level 6 before I ended up deleting the game off my drive again.
Honestly I'd "love" to not hate the game, it has action combat and everything. But the classes are just so damn boring to me. The warrior and stalker I can't stand because they have absurd combat animations that defy the laws of... well... all the laws really. The medic seemed both very weak solo and totally unneeded for healing. (At least during the entire early game.) And finally the class that interested me most (the engineer) somehow just felt... boring, and I normally like pet classes.
I just decided it's not the game for me.
To find an intelligent person in a PUG is not that rare, but to find a PUG made up of "all" intelligent people is one of the rarest phenomenons in the known universe.
There is usually a class that I don't mind playing. However, there are some games though that the classes don't fit too well. Do I avoid them, no, but do I stay? That would be a no also. I try to like them, but it doesn't usually take.
I've always been able to find a class that I like to play so it's not so much the classes, but the things that are tied to the classes.
For instance, in SWTOR I want to play a Jedi Shadow. However, I absolutely do not want to use a saber staff at all. If I want to use a single saber like all of the iconic Jedi, then I'm locked to Sage which never uses their saber or Guardian which is the exact opposite of sneaky and inquisitive.
In Planetside 2 I want to wear medium armor and carry a mini chaingun like I could in Planetside 1, but nope, they decided to class-lock weapons in PS2. Hell, if I want medium armor, then I'm also locked into being a Medic or Engineer. Good riddance Smedley.
In Age of Conan I want to play a Two Handed Barbarian, but they locked that weapon to the CC skill tree instead of the DPS skill tree, so nope, I gotta use two 1H Swords.
I guess what I'm getting at here, is that it's not so much the classes as all of incidentals involving that class. If you make a gunslinger class in a western MMO, then don't force me to use two pistols just because... reasons. In fact, maybe I want to be a shotgunslinger. Give me a class and then give me a weapons pile and don't you dare tell me which weapons I have to pick out of the pile.
I have issues with ESO becuase of classes. Don't really like any of them that much so i keep trying something else and then just never keep playing.
It took me a long time with ESO to find the right class, although the totality of the build/role is more important than the class per se. Then I started to enjoy a dps pure magicka sorceror, and then I loved my NB tank, and then I converted my sorceror to healer and that was a lot of fun as well. It is all about finding the right combination of race/ class/ build/ role.
I refuse to play rift simply because the warrior Is a caster if you want to be accepted into any groups and actually do good damage. and it ruins the whole entire game for me.
yes very much so if the clases are not interesting i am not playing it. I immerse myself into my class and role, its also good if its a bit more interesting than mage, paladin, priest but even that can be cool. Best classes for me were bear shaman in AoC and Bureaucrat in AO.
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Elder Scrolls Online did sway me a bit (though I'd say its more of the gameplay that did), although a game that did this to me completely was Lotro. The classes just blurred together so much for me and came off very dull. I couldn't find myself interested in any of them.
It really boils comes down to how they implement the rule to their game.
"The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners." - Thomas B. Macaulay
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." - Daniel J. Boorstin
No, I never did make it that far. I recall trying every class to around lvl10-15 way back when you needed a buddy invite to try the game for a week. I recently re-downloaded it and didn't even make it to level 6 before I ended up deleting the game off my drive again.
Honestly I'd "love" to not hate the game, it has action combat and everything. But the classes are just so damn boring to me. The warrior and stalker I can't stand because they have absurd combat animations that defy the laws of... well... all the laws really. The medic seemed both very weak solo and totally unneeded for healing. (At least during the entire early game.) And finally the class that interested me most (the engineer) somehow just felt... boring, and I normally like pet classes.
I just decided it's not the game for me.
To find an intelligent person in a PUG is not that rare, but to find a PUG made up of "all" intelligent people is one of the rarest phenomenons in the known universe.
I self identify as a monkey.
Occasionally an MMO will have a class i do enjoy but i'm unable to play it in the role i enjoy. Thems the breaks.
For instance, in SWTOR I want to play a Jedi Shadow. However, I absolutely do not want to use a saber staff at all. If I want to use a single saber like all of the iconic Jedi, then I'm locked to Sage which never uses their saber or Guardian which is the exact opposite of sneaky and inquisitive.
In Planetside 2 I want to wear medium armor and carry a mini chaingun like I could in Planetside 1, but nope, they decided to class-lock weapons in PS2. Hell, if I want medium armor, then I'm also locked into being a Medic or Engineer. Good riddance Smedley.
In Age of Conan I want to play a Two Handed Barbarian, but they locked that weapon to the CC skill tree instead of the DPS skill tree, so nope, I gotta use two 1H Swords.
I guess what I'm getting at here, is that it's not so much the classes as all of incidentals involving that class. If you make a gunslinger class in a western MMO, then don't force me to use two pistols just because... reasons. In fact, maybe I want to be a shotgunslinger. Give me a class and then give me a weapons pile and don't you dare tell me which weapons I have to pick out of the pile.