This qualifies as "long"? WTF is wrong with the world today...Originally Posted by Lone Wanderer
Also, race/origin being purely cosmetic is one of the best design choices they made.
This qualifies as "long"? WTF is wrong with the world today...
Also, race/origin being purely cosmetic is one of the best design choices they made.
I cringe sometimes when I see what people consider "TL: DR"
Origins are and should remain cosmetic only.If it makes you happy you can replace the word classes with "origins" in all other posts ok
If you disagree with anything in the above post, you are wrong.
I like the idea of the OP but honestly, the idea of rolling an alt would need some incentive beyond slight passive buffs and with multiple loadout options, there's no Ego power reason either. Outside of a serious overhaul in PvE story mode, it's really ill advised to alt in this game. Basically the only thing that would warrant alt'ing is something offering an experience (or utility) worth the time and effort you'd have to reinvest. Right now, the carrot isn't even on the stick as much as it's laying on the ground.
Ok, let me guess..no class mean Trion decided your skill should be the determining factor right???
Even though it takes absolutely no skill what so ever to..uhh, hold on a sec...ok, had to check the pursuit list to see how many thousand mobs I need to kill for 5ego.
Careful, you might loose this fight, Anne Frankly why does everybody have to bring up the Nazis?
As quoted by Justin CarMicheal
That's the thing-- they have the right philosophy, but they implemented it so poorly players can't see it. So they ask for other genres to get copy/pasted over.
As quoted by Schwa
There are no classes. There's 4 origins which don't really do anything. Do I think the origins should do something, like alter the storyline somehow? Yes.
But I do not ever want classes in this game. I like that one character can do everything and there's no need to make alts. I always hated making alts in games that have an Achievement (pursuit) system, which is every game now. It's like, why make an alt when it's not going to be my main? Waste of time. This way, 1 main does everything.
The first draft was long but I cut most of it out in editing.
So the general consensus is leave it be then? If that is the case then why can they not just remove origins and let us pick outfit/gun in character creation? Why force us into a bracket that has no effect on the game except restricting our own creativity?
I do understand why people don't want race differences, that's fair enough but I'm concerned about when the new race comes out, depending on how Trion implement it, either no one will start an alt because its pointless, or everyone who has the dlc will change races via in game change and we will be over populated with them.
If that all makes sense.
This exactly. While I am not one to create many alts, I do typically to play through the extra story involved. Anything other than cosmetic differences though and I would be against the change. Don't want to be shoehorned into a specific combo because it is the best.
As far as new races in the DLC, some people may start over. Let's face it, leveling isn't all that hard and a lot of people have already finished the game. It will also attract people who just bought the game and want to start off with a brand new species.
Regarding the classes/ role playing, please don't forget that Trion has already said that Defiance is not an RPG. It's a TPS and they made it in mind not to have class specific roles, and to that extent, no racial abilities. You can day dream all you want, but your ideas for making classes and racial passives isn't going to happen.
Now, I'm not saying a shooter can't have classes, ie, Killzone 3, but Trion decided not to go that direction. It's a shame because if killzone was turned into an MMO, that would just be badass.
You might want to see a doctor about that...
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