Ability Points, Skill Trees & Talents being considered to replace leveling. Thoughts?

[Kaurhz]

The question is always going to be whether it can stand to the test of actually being meaningful and not just something that gets diluted by there ultimately being an optimal build.

Even bringing up the Blue Mage example of that being a system to 'strive for' - It still has a pretty rigid rotation that you follow.

[Ramiee]

The question is always going to be whether it can stand to the test of actually being meaningful and not just something that gets diluted by there ultimately being an optimal build.

Even bringing up the Blue Mage example of that being a system to 'strive for' - It still has a pretty rigid rotation that you follow.

Somewhat but its still pretty free form, its mostly the creeping 2 minute CDs coming into BLU and the lack of support spells. Still you can be a DoT mage or a caster mage if you want in BLU and still be pretty viable.

[Rekh]

The more customization the better. I just hope this doesn't mean that they'll keep content easy "so that people don't force others to use specific tree specs."

I support the tree if done right.

[Ryaze]

Something needs to be done to break up combat. This will be three expansions on a row with the same general feel for combat.

To the people objecting and saying “it’ll be unbalanced”, there will always be some measure of imbalance in any game. Imperfection is not a good enough excuse to not try.

And “there will only be one meta spec”. Of course there will be one meta spec, that's how min/maxing players and meta works. Nearly every single game has some mathematical “perfect” spec, but that doesn’t stop multitudes of people playing the game how they want. Heck, we see it now. There’s the best job within a role, but people play “weaker” jobs because they like them. Whether it’s because they prefer the different gameplay, the glams, the lore, whatever.

Live service games need change. Change or stagnate and die.

[HighlanderClone]

The question is always going to be whether it can stand to the test of actually being meaningful and not just something that gets diluted by there ultimately being an optimal build.

Even bringing up the Blue Mage example of that being a system to 'strive for' - It still has a pretty rigid rotation that you follow.

The thing is you could have a skill tree where everyone picks the same skills for Savage raids, but then someone might notice that "hey, actually this skill is super useful in solo PotD", and then someone might find another skill very fun to use in Eureka/Bozja.

You then have a job where it feels different in various different content types. I think that's worth it even if you have a strict meta for each content type, because then there will still be diversity across the whole game.