It would be nice if there won’t be any “choose class option” in the character creation screen. It might be a bit tricky to implement now because of the cutscenes in the prologue, but not impossible to do it.
The idea is this:
You create a character with a biography and when you are in the world, the fist guy that you need to talk to in the tutorial will offer you a choice of all available weapons from which you will be able to choose any you like.
You will learn the skills for that weapon
Later when finding weapon merchants you can buy any weapon you like and equip it. Also, you could equip any weapon that drops from the foes.
Later when you, reach the level to unlock utility skills, you will need to go to the class trainers and choose one of them. This class will be permanent on your character and it will alter the possibility of equipping all weapons.
A-net would sell in gem store a “unlock new class for the character” option before you are able to change it in-game in the same way as you are able to change your crafting professions at any time for a fee.
This option will make you have 2 permanent classes on a character that can’t be changed except through Class trainer NPC. For acquiring a new permanent class on your character, you will need to buy another “unlock new class for the character”
Anet can also sell “unlock all classes for character pack” for a more convenient play
This will give your playstyle a goal and an option for acquiring all utility skills in the game and give a better reason for acquiring skill points after lvl 80.
Having 5 character slots in the the account, one for each race, together with the unlock professions pack, will not fill up the screen with character icons and will also give the possibility of playing different classes without the need of re-roling a new character.
Ok, but how we solve the storyline re-playability if the character is already lvl 80 and has no meaning of re-making it just for a new storyline?
The answer is simple:
After finishing the current storyline, the character will be given an option to talk to an NPC to reset its storyline. This will open a dialog box with the same options he had in character creation and he can chose a different biography.
The reason for it would be: the character has lost consciousness and now he is trying to remember what was his past. This can be done through a cutscene which makes the character dizzy and loose conscious.
Re-playing a different storyline will help you gain levels and in this way skill points for new skills, but you will have the advantage of better gear. Of course the downleveling will be active so you will have a challenge in all missions but it will save the hassle of leveling for the recommended level
To make it more clear: you ccan unlock all classes for your character from the lvl 1 and you can change between them at any time, BUT you WON’T be able to reset your biography or storyline until you finish it.
NOTE:
Players who won’t buy the “class unlock for the character” will NOT have the option to reset the storyline.
The Class Changer NPC in the game will NOT give the “class unlock for the character” option unless the player has purchased it from the cash shop
(edited by Ronah.2869)