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Class Race restrictions, namely (High/Ashen) Elf Paladin (and Cleric)
Adamantine
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Is this still current ?
They said at one point they'd consider to allow Paladin and Cleric for Pantheon elf, but it doesnt seem like that happened.
Personally I really wanted to recreate a character I most strongly feel that I didnt played enough in Vanguard, and make it my main.
It was a Highelf Paladin.
Highelf Paladin was allowed in Vanguard from the very beginning on.
And checking EverQuest, which I've never played - according to the web this is allowed in EverQuest, too.
However in Pantheon, according to this list, its no longer an allowed combination.
Looking at the elves in Pantheon, Ashen Elf is clearly meant to be Highelf, while Ember Elf is meant to be Wood Elf.
However, they share the same list of class race restrictions, a shared list which clearly favors traditional class picks of Wood Elf over those for Highelves. Thus: no Paladin. Also no Cleric.
I wonder if I should give in and just create the character as a Dwarf instead. However I dont usually play Dwarf. I dont like their looks and I dont like the attitude they're usually described to have. But maybe, possibly, they actually look good in Pantheon ? I sort of doubt it, really, but possibly ?
Really loved the Lineage 2 female dwarves by the way. They've been super cute. Also looked nothing like dwarves, more like gnomes or halflings. I really love the stylish Manga look; unfortunately all games with that look suck.
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Dwarfs in Pantheon are short and blue. So basically smurfs. I don't know if that would appeal to you or not.
3rd - 5th editions water the class down so much its just another fancy name for fighter.
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At the same time, I am an old school gamer and remembers when Dwarf and Elf were both a race and a class.
But, there might be a good reason for it. Wait and see.
At least in this instance you are not dealing with gender locked classes, then you can wait forever for that to be looked at.
But I'm sure when the ball has been rolling for a while, they'll start catering to 'the masses' more and more and make changes that don't make sense, and water things down too much from the original vision; you know, the usual.
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What, me worry?
If your into Pantheon Elf lore, here is a nice video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ChFtXJK9wQ
"Another hot button issue was that of the lack of a Cleric or Paladin class available to our Elves. While the superficial answer of “think of them as wood elves, not high elves” makes sense to most veteran gamers, there is a deeper lore meaning behind that rationale. Justin explained that the races that were prone to produce Clerics and Paladins were ones that were deeply connected to their deities, and that relationship was one that was central to their daily lives. The Elves are a bit different in that regard:
'While their pantheon is important to the Elves, their response to several tragic and divisive historical moments has superseded the way they see themselves. To a degree Elves have become more ideological than religious. While some races are separated into different factions based on which deity they worship, Elves are split between two extremes (Ashen and Ember) and the nominal middle called Lucent. Those division represent the way they think is best to protect and prosper their people. Is it interwoven with their worship? Yes. But faith isn’t the first-thought focus of their life. It’s fair to ask if that is an imbalance for them'
It is also important to note that many of the lore based decisions on which race can be which class are also dictated to some degree by overall game representations and balance, and more importantly that just because something is currently so, doesn’t mean it can’t or won’t change in the future. Elves are a good example here, as while they currently don’t produce the pious classes, they may, through future events or interactions, develop a sect that takes up that mantle.
We will have to keep a close watch on the lore to see what might develop in the future."
Source: https://www.pantheonmmo.com/newsletter/2017_march_loremaster/