Skill Trees

[PotatoWafflez]

So let me get this right dear sir. So if I'm playing STWOR and I spec my sorcerer for healing instead of dps. The healing that I'm doing is an illusion. Well I guess you have proven your point. that really did make since... Could you please post a susseful modern MMO without skill trees? Ty man. FYI I rather be fooled into believing that I'm healing using that healer spec vs not having the option. Cough cough what you said was ridiculous to me<--- I case your giant brain was not able to fathom the sarcasm. ������

Specs are not the same as skill trees.
All you are doing is choosing a class. You Might thing you are playing a Sorcerer-Healer But actually you are playing Healer y that is attached to the same base as DPS x and z. You can't use your DPS rotation in your healing spec and vice versa so it's not what you are actually asking for here at all and if you are well guess what its already in the game it just isn't in a sub menu and you literally change your job to healer y without also being stuck only being able to choose DPS x and z you can also switch to tanks a, b or c or any of the other "specs/classes" in the game at any time with no strings attached other than unlocking and leveling/gearing them.

[uryu17]

Specs are not the same as skill trees.
All you are doing is choosing a class. You Might thing you are playing a Sorcerer-Healer But actually you are playing Healer y that is attached to the same base as DPS x and z. You can't use your DPS rotation in your healing spec and vice versa so it's not what you are actually asking for here at all and if you are well guess what its already in the game it just isn't in a sub menu and you literally change your job to healer y without also being stuck only being able to choose DPS x and z you can also switch to tanks a, b or c or any of the other "specs/classes" in the game at any time with no strings attached other than unlocking and leveling/gearing them.

All I can say to this is wow... You spec in skill tree, when your friend ask you what did you spec in, you reply dps support or healer. Not sure what mmos you have played, but that's how it works in the ones I play man.

[PotatoWafflez]

All I can say to this is wow... You spec in skill tree, when your friend ask you what did you spec in, you reply dps support or healer. Not sure what mmos you have played, but that's how it works in the ones I play man.

Which is totally not the same as just picking a healer class that has the same skills as choosing your healer spec out of your dps/support/healer specs only you don't have to make that choice because you already made it when you picked the healer class?
You have 1 "class" it has "3 roles" those 3 roles are actually "3 different classes" cut out the middle man and just have the 3 classes the only reason other MMORPGS even have this system is because you can't play everyone class on one character like you can on here.

Also you have cross class skills. There is your customisation only everyone uses the same ones because they give the most benefit just like every other talent system in the history of MMORPGs.

[Kuwagami]

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Specs (heal, supp, dps, whatever) are very different from skill trees (different skills within the same spec). And when it comes down to that, there is always an optimal skill set you'll have to get because it gives the best dps/heal/support/tank options for your class. You end up with no choice, as there is only one that people will want you to have, so the whole point of having a skill tree in the first place is void.

No choice is better than an illusion of choice.

see cross class skills as an example. Illusion of choice, most of them are trash, and you end up forced to have an "optimal" set, or rather a "least useless" set for some jobs.