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I doubt the Devs even know for sure, much less any of us.

why do we need another class? what could a new class possibly bring that isnt already in game, and arent the classes imbalanced enough as it is? personally i dont see any reason for new classes or races at all.

look at the zerker, how many of those do you see? we have one zerker main in our guild, and about two others who ar alts, thats because they were a bad idea from the start, they are just another psuedo tank/dps class that really doesnt have a place in the game, theres really nothing new that can be introduced to everquest as i see it, so why bother?

"Why do we need another class?" Variety. Replayability. Just because.

"What could a new class possibly bring that isn't already in game.." Let's discuss that. What is missing in the game? What would you like to see? I can think of a few things that would be fun or interesting to have in the game. Some would imbalance the game and some would be nightmares for the developers to implement, but some I think are reasonable. That's a topic for another thread though.

".. and aren't the classes imbalanced enough as it is?" The classes will never be "balanced" in a way that satisfies everyone. SOE tries to strike a balance of sorts though. Adding a new class does not automatically mean another class loses desirability or effectiveness.

"I don't see any reason for new classes or races at all." I agree with you there. There is no gaurantee that SOE is going to introduce another new class in the future, that's just the way it's gone in the past. I'm not expecting SOE to change the way they go about expansion releases, so I really think they will introduce a new class soon.

"There's really nothing new that can be introduced to Everquest as I see it, so why bother?" They manage to find something new to introduce in almost every expansion. If not a new race or class then new abilities like AA and LAA, or grouping improvements like instanced zones and monster missions, gear tweaks like adding charm slot and augments, and much more. I expect they'll be able to find a new feature or two to add if they put their minds to it.

my point here isnt that other classes will lose out, more that the new class would just be a mish mash of other classes, yet another uneeded hybrid and another class that will no doubt find things to complain about balance wise.



i was referring to classes/races only on this point, theres always new stuff introduced to the game, the point i was trying to make was theres nothing new within the games combat system that can be realistically added without completely changing the combat system itself.

as for different races, IMO they really are just a waste of time, just another excuse to make another alt, level it to 31 then give up on it.

I'm not quite following you here. Did you get it backwards by any chance?



Hmmm. Depends on what the role would be, DPS vs tanking.

Pally (tank) - double attack, no DW
SK (tank) - double attack, no DW
ranger (DPS with some utility) - double attack and DW
bard (some DPS, mostly utility) - DW but no double attack (until level 71 or with AAs)
BL (DPS and some utility) - DW but no double attack (until level 71 or with AAs)



Yeah, the pet would need to be around 15-20 levels behind the mage pet, assuming it follows the pet template of the current pet hybrids.



Again, probably mostly same stuff at later levels, following the current hybrid templates. There would of course be some unique stuff added though (a la rangers nukes, SKs hate spells and dd spears, pally's brells, etc).



Sounds cool, but would probably be mostly wasted spells. They would make the effects of the items so low that most people wouldn't even consider using it, especially mages can already make the items with spell foci.



That sounds about right. They wouldn't make them anywhere near as good as it's parent class, but chanter nukes would probably be considered reasonable. It would give chanters something else to complain about at least.

I'm personally not excited about any new classes. I've seen different class ideas batted around for years now and I can't really say any have piqued my interest, yet at least. One big problem is the amount of work that's required to get the new class "up to speed". We saw the same thing to an extent with BLs and to a greater extent with berserkers. They would make the class, give it it's spells and stuff, add itemization for some lower level stuff, but then the mid level would have either NOTHING they can use or they would just smack the class as useable on current items without any thought into it's balance and/or relevance. So you'd have people complaining about only having chain armor that has WIS on it (like you pointed out above) even though they're an INT class and about the lack of class specific items and stuff. They would have to try and add class specific items in every raid zone to date (or ignore it and say too bad, so sad).