Class specific items

I know there has been a lot of posts about choosing a "class" such as survivalist, and that it only really dictates your starting weapon and outfit and nothing more.... But it seems like alot of work to put 4 "classes" into a game when they are essentially the same, instead of just picking a specific gun as a quest reward or something . Which leads me to believe there has to be something more to them.

Possibly higher end gear/weapons that are class specific? Or quests or something along those lines. I really like the open role way of having a character, but id like to know before i level a specific character and realize i cant use certain things because of the class i chose in the beginning.

If anyone knows more or 100% that no such thing exists please let me know so im not pondering so much who ill start the game as!

Thank!

Starting 'class' is meaningless beyond what gear you get in the beginning. You're not tied to those weapons, and can use anything you want.

Right, but you don't think at any point in the game it will matter, like special legendary sniper rifles for survivalists only type thing?

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Originally Posted by Wookie

Right, but you don't think at any point in the game it will matter, like special legendary sniper rifles for survivalists only type thing?

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My impression from what the Devs have said is no. They've said a few times that you can use any weapon in the game, and that the starting class you choose at the beginning only gives you your starting weapons and outfit.

Doesn't mean that they won't decide later to add something in as an expansion or DLC, etc.., but at present there are none.

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Originally Posted by Wookie

Right, but you don't think at any point in the game it will matter, like special legendary sniper rifles for survivalists only type thing?

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Nope. They are not even referred to as classes. They are origins, its just role playing text.

I ask because I have seen pictures of weapons with "synergy" traits for the different classes, basically making certain weapons oriented towards those characters.

Synergy names are just labels and aren't tied to any specific class. You'll also see synergies with names that have nothing to do with origins/classes.

There are no class pecific items just some items that have synergy that happen to have the same names as classes, anyone can use them and take advantage of them assuming you find the whole set and want to use them, after all they may provide play style benefits that dont match your play style.

Beginning class just gives you an outfit and a starting weapon that you will quickly replace. Currently, its just to give the illusion of choice as MMO players are accustomed to that when starting a new character. Had they not given us this option you would find all these "Classes don't mean anything!" threads replaced with "No classes in this game! Lazy devs, generic game!" threads. So pick your poison. The advantages of this model are balance and you can create plenty of variety in one character thru separate loadouts. You can easily adapt when discovering better builds or when nerfs and major changes coming rolling out. You'll never find your toon nerfed to meaninglessness as you can potentially access everything rather than having to reroll and grind old content again. Oh, and synergies are not tied to class, some just share the same name as bonuses and pursuits revolve around certain themes.

There is no class. Your origin is just background fluff that determines your newbie weapon and outfit.

There are synergies that use the same name as origins, but it's only because they are synergies that have the same flavor as the origin. Anyone can use them. There are no extra benefits based on your origin.

As a for instance, the Machinist synergy lets you take less damage while reloading. Why is it called Machinist? Because Machinists use LMGs (long reload time) and because the Combat Pursuit "Stout Tactics" that requires the use of LMGs is sort of tanky (Decoy kills, BMG skill). The Machinist origin and the Machinist synergy just have the same flavor.

If you are a Survivalist origin, who's decided you like Assault Rifles, and you want to use Machinist synergies in your Assault Rifle... that's totally fine. None of that has anything to do with anything...

... because there are no classes in Defiance.