Skill trees and Alternate Advancement

[Arkine]

While I love skill trees for offline games where I can progress with whatever I think is cool. In an MMO it's only a matter of time before someone figures out what build is best dps, tank or healer and it stops being a choice ( basicly it's a calculation where there is a path that gives the best result disguised as a choice where all paths give equil results)

[JDR388]

While I love skill trees for offline games where I can progress with whatever I think is cool. In an MMO it's only a matter of time before someone figures out what build is best dps, tank or healer and it stops being a choice ( basicly it's a calculation where there is a path that gives the best result disguised as a choice where all paths give equil results)

He speaks the truth!

As a long time WoW player I quickly came to realize that the various talent trees only offered something of a faux choice in every patch if the player wants to maintain an optimum dps throughput (something that blizzard itself seems to be aware of as they are completely retooling how their talent system works to make it much more difficult to weigh the value of certain abilities).

There is something to be said, however, for having the ability to adjust ones charecter traits even if the choice is something of an illusion for endgame players. All in all I thing that adding a system like merits from XI or a system based on talent trees would bring more good to the game then harm. I would of course expect Yoshida to put his own spin on it, however.