Thread: Request: 3.0 Job Customizing

Originally Posted by LandricFrey

So you're saying that WoW was never a AAA MMO? In vanilla and TBC I remember Paladins and Warriors being viable dps options as well as tanks, and shadow priests with staggering damage output. I also remember classes in that game were fairly well balanced in PVE and PVP. Saying something would be hard to do is a poor excuse for giving up on an idea. It can be done, it has been done, and I have a feeling SE could do it better!

Sorry, you got me on "in vanilla and TBC WoW, PALADINS and Warriors were viable options for dps aside from tanking".

You sir lived in your own delusions then. While a Warrior could be optimal, PALADINS were pure crap, both in tanking and especially dps during the first 4 years of WoW. They were only viable for Single Target Healing and more than anything buffing Blessing of Kings. Shadow Priests on the other hand provided more raid utility by offering life leeching and mana aside from a decent damage too.

Originally Posted by BlueThunder

Sorry, you got me on "in vanilla and TBC WoW, PALADINS and Warriors were viable options for dps aside from tanking".

You sir lived in your own delusions then. While a Warrior could be optimal, PALADINS were pure crap, both in tanking and especially dps during the first 4 years of WoW. They were only viable for Single Target Healing and more than anything buffing Blessing of Kings. Shadow Priests on the other hand provided more raid utility by offering life leeching and mana aside from a decent damage too.

You're missing the point. The fact that all classes could successfully take on different roles is the main focus here. I said they were "viable" not the very best. I healed and/or dps on shamans, druids, and priests in any situation it worked. If it was a raid, maybe a certain healer or tank wouldn't be the best option, but that person would be the Off-tank or support healer. It worked.

Talent tree's in that game allowed a simple form of job customization by either letting you chose you group role or how you manage your damage, and even though that is the simplest and most cliche suggestion, it's still better than nothing IMO.

Originally Posted by LandricFrey

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I'm not missing the point, and I know what giving each class "talent trees" will cause in the future. I spent 9 years on WoW to see how much damage it causes the massive amount of cries because X talent tree of Y class is Z powerful or not, which Blizzard always handled by buffing and nerfing here and there all over the place, causing big unbalance at all sides 90% of the time.

And there was no Uniqueness in WoW anyways, everybody would follow a predetermined good build of talents, so your point is completely invalid. Those who would try something of their liking and bizzarre would get rejected because their choice was very poor and not the standard to follow. Even now that talent trees have vanished into a certain amount of skills you can choose of your liking, people will pick up those that work best anyways.