Mostly asian mmorpgs have something called subclass, subclass doesn’t have too be anything that changes everything about your class. It should be an addition and expand your possibilities in the way you want your class to play.
I’ve watched a few anime based on mmorpgs, all of them are well done and they give a lot of inspiration.
Let’s say you’re a Guardian and you like support, you like to protect and heal, but you also like to have control. This could open up a bigger playfield.
Let’s say the Subclass for control abillities is called Commander. You will then have a set of unique traits to that sub class that will improve your overall control. No extra skills, but upgrades to your current skills.
Subclass tab is a whole new tab for traits only for this specific sub class.
A Guardian with Mace and Shield would have the shield bubble skill that knocks back. You don’t want to knock back, what you want is to pull enemies toward you instead and immobilize them for 2 seconds. Sounds kind off sweet, doesn’kitten OPTIONS!
You are an Elementalist with the subclass Commander and you’re using Wand + Focus. Your current Dragon’s Tooth only do damage, you now upgrade it to also knock down foes on hit, OR you could make it slow all enemies on impact.
I got more examples. Let’s take the subclass Assassin which focus on assassinating.
You’re a Ranger with Longbow and you have a pet with you. You want your pet to attack with you, so you upgrade your pushback skill on Longbow to also make your pet leap toward the enemy along the distance knocking the enemy down.
What do you think?
