EverQuest Next Worldwide Debut from SOE Live - Highlights

[Zeli]

I love the art style.

I don't like multiclassing... I prefer the holy trinity. That being said, I think GW2 is awesome so I can be proven wrong.

I love Minecraft and I'm interested in an MMO-Minecraft where all my MultiPlaying friends have a home server that isn't ran by some schmoe that's going to delete it in a week.

I like a destructible world. I don't know how that's going to work out. I don't have to. That's not my job. I hope they get it right because I like the idea of a destructible world.

and if this fails... there's always TESO & Camelot Unchained so chill the fuck out.

[Vejuz]

I can't find any evidence that the holy trinity is dead that comes direct from SOE. I watched the press conference in it's entirety, and they make mention to having both tanks and healers. I don't see any evidence that you can't use multiclassing to build a pure tank (like taking all tanking souls in Rift, for example) nor have I seen any evidence that main healing and taunt mechanics are gone.

What I can find is rampant freaking out without a scrap of source material to cite to support it. The line of reasoning seems to be: Multiclassing?! -> HYBRIDS! -> OMG DEATH OF TRINITY. If hybrid classes are the death of the trinity, then the trinity died in EQ1, which had a ton of hybrid classes (The Paladin and Death Knight spring immediately to mind.).

Do you have a source where they say the trinity is dead? I honestly can't find one among all the freaking out.

[Zeli]

That's a good point. There's mostly assumptions based off of the multiclassing satement:

"What multiclassing is, is when you start the game, there's 8 different classes that you can pick from. Each class has a couple of weapons that you can choose and a handful of character abilities that go with it. As you go out in the world and start exploring [...], you'll find opportunities to acquire new classes."

As you play the game and explore, you will find opportunities to acquire new classes, to collect all these different classes that are out there. And there's more than 40 different classes out there in the world for you to explore and find. And as you find those classes, you can play any of them at any time, and you can mix and match the different character abilities to create a class that's exactly what you want to play. So the more classes you find, the more you can customize your character

source: the above video & this : orcz.com/EQ_Next:_Multiclassing

I'm wondering if these are more like their answer to a talent tree... ways to specialize the original class you chose.

[Zeli]

He pointed out that if a player wanted to play a pure class, and not get involved in multi-classing at all, they could do that and fully enjoy the experience. He described multi-classing as optional, but never required.

Read more: multiplayingforums.proboards.com/thread/12093/everquest-next#ixzz2bDu2rjnc

[Vejuz]

So....pointless internet freakout confirmed? Thanks for the sources Zeli.

[Zeli]

Aug 6, 2013 16:14:50 GMT -5 Vejuz said:

So....pointless internet freakout confirmed? Thanks for the sources Zeli.

Well... I mean, it was Hitler... so... consider the source.

[Vejuz]

I did. I feel much better liking GW2 knowing that Hitler doesn't like it.