I think it would give a better incentive for someone to choose their race rather than just based on what they liked appearance wise. this game has few enough skills IMO, to make up the classes and races so each race would have to different skills pertaining to their class. It’s no biggie and I am fine with the way it is, but it still would be nice for you asura guardian to differ a bit from a norn guardian, etc.
On another note someone mentioned a monk class…. I’m not against a monk class but that just looks a bit copying off of WoW panda monks (even though GW1 had them first). What I would like to see, is a dragoon class, I haven’t played much MMO’s to know if any of them have this class. But I think they need to offer a bit of a change than the basic paladin, ranger, mage, type of classes.
Last but not least, I am glad they have spears on here…. BUT! Just having them as underwater weapons??? Spears have been used (on dry land) for about as long as swords… So what’s the deal there? polearms and spears have been pretty much useless in all MMO’s. Why? Even games like the elder scrolls you cannot use them. I find that odd for the fact that spears have been used in warfare a lot more than a two handed hammer has.
because rough men stand ready
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