The amount of cry babies in these forums is real
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Classes are boring and 1 dimensional. A lot more variety in this game than “oh i play warrior” was one of the many reasons i hated ESO. Oblivion and skyrim both has classless systems essentially so i was expecting that in the mmo version and i get stuck with stupid classes and borderline tab target combat. ESO ditched everything that made the elder scrolls games good.
The game is a “Skill based” MMO. They are a thing and have been around for a while. There are several skill-based MMOs currently on the market including Secret World and Eve Online. They aren’t for everyone, but they do exist. If skill based games arent for you thats fine, but sir you are definitely in the wrong game.
I know its peoples opinion and everyone has different taste. This game is equivalent to finding that hot girlfriend. She dresses up nice and at first glance you think you have hit the jackpot. Then after a few dates you start to realize that she has no real depth and isn’t all that smart. You try to give her a chance but the more you talk the more you realize she will always be shallow. This game is shallow and you quickly find yourself in a mess of a game that looks nice but what does it offer? I’ve played a wide variety of MMO’s and there isn’t anything really new and what is decent is being done better in other games.
Excellent, you have no imagination and prefer to play a template.
Wow is through that door to your left, good luck!
Its called sandbox MMO design.
If you dont like it, cool. Theres other games for you.
I happen to like it.
Reminds me of SWG, albeit a bit different again. I prefer the openness of the style and flexibility it creates
It isnt “lazy” design whatsoever but a design choice.
I also think its a great fit for a game without Alts
Yea like Runescape 
Or UO, loved that game!
WoW and ff14 already have classes, why you want it here too?
This is not open sandbox. They want you to think that but it isn’t. Star ways galaxies was superior to this game before they nerfed the hell out of it back when Sony purchased it.
I worked my !@#$ off doing all the less boring but inefficient for leveling parts of the game to get to 60. I am very happy with the class system, mostly because I do not have to repeat it all again.
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You pretty much nailed it, being classless isn’t anything innovative or automatically ‘‘positively different’’. Modern quality games offer more choices for your character; race and class. Partially shared progress between characters helps here. That’s freedom of choice, but here it’s just as bad as character customization.
Older good and fun MMO’s that lean on simplicity like classless system, like old Runescape do it in a working way. For something like ‘‘simple’’ java based games with weak graphics that’s understandable.
All in all New World is just abomination of a game, that plays to be something innovative, when it isn’t.
Agree ! I dont used to play like that, so basicaly i only played with hatchet like level 1 to level 60, and now i saw hatchet is trash at pvp against ranged players. cuz i cant close the distance against light armor ranged enemies. they roll, they hits from range, they use ranged skills which when hit me stops me from running for a time, and even more they switch some cc skills which slows me… so using only hatchet at pvp is absolutely a bad way to die.
so players said to me " u must play hatchet & axe" axe will make u close the distance to ranged player then when u close the distance u will switch to hatchet and start hit enemy.
that is the gameplay i never played any mmo in my mmo game history.
so i have to start farm great axe at level 60 right now.
this post should end with “in my humble opinion” and it’s fine.
This is your opinion, others like me do not share it, and we are sorry to not have you with us anymore. Sad to see you go, but you need to find a game that suits you, and I wish you do and then can post in their forum about how much you enjoy yourself!
I wish you all the best!
Sorry didnt mean to imply the whole game was sandbox, only that the classless style system is a sandbox esque design feature.
NW itself is a blend of several different types of design.
Its certainly not a theme park nor is it a full sandbox.
I HATE class systems, I much prefer to spend a little gold to respec and be whatever I want on one character. I much prefered the UO method to all the class based MMO’s out there, I get it, D&D does it, but its why I don’t much like D&D lol, leave some games for the rest of us, if it is not for you please find one of the thousands out there that does what you want.
Woah then better leave the game and forum.
I’m not sure it was that good. I almost quit a few times the first two weeks but stuck it out because I liked Oblivion and other games in the franchise. Glad I did and that is why I am willing to stick around this game for a good long while.
Funny thing is ESO forums still get threads fairly often asking to do away with the classes and racial skills.
Classes in MMOs is an outdatet system, there is nothing more to say about it actually. Beeing stucked in a class that is “bad” means you need to reroll your class sooner or later and that sucks.
Without an oldscool class system you can just switch without losing all your progress.
And in a game like New World where the leveling phase really sucks it woud really hurt
Yes no classes, they also did not add chocobos and kelthuzad here, boring MMO… there’s also no 100 skills to choose from where I only choose 3-5 to repeat spam clicking keys and tabbing while just standing and letting auto target it for me while dodging left and right for mechanics… game is dying in 7.63 weeks