paizo.com Recent Posts in What class are you looking forward to playing first?paizo.com Recent Posts in What class are you looking forward to playing first?2012-09-01T10:32:46Z2012-09-01T10:32:46ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Chiassahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1652012-12-08T19:21:45Z2012-12-08T19:21:45Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Drakhan Valane wrote:</div><blockquote> Bard. <i>Very</i> bard. A Jill-of-all-trades if you will. </blockquote><p>Same here, if it's offered. As long as I don't have to actually, IRL, sing, everyone will be happy.Drakhan Valane wrote:Bard. Very bard. A Jill-of-all-trades if you will.
Same here, if it's offered. As long as I don't have to actually, IRL, sing, everyone will be happy.Chiassa2012-12-08T19:21:45ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Pewchhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1642012-12-08T18:42:29Z2012-12-08T18:42:29Z<p>I'm torn between barb/rogue/paladin at the moment probably going to lean for one that has the chance to be a little less lawful :)</p>I'm torn between barb/rogue/paladin at the moment probably going to lean for one that has the chance to be a little less lawful :)Pewch2012-12-08T18:42:29ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Drakhan Valanehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1632012-12-08T18:22:55Z2012-12-08T18:22:55Z<p>Bard. <i>Very</i> bard. A Jill-of-all-trades if you will.</p>Bard. Very bard. A Jill-of-all-trades if you will.Drakhan Valane2012-12-08T18:22:55ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Klandaghihttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1622012-12-08T17:08:10Z2012-12-08T17:08:10Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lucent wrote:</div><blockquote><p> The lack of character classes and Pathfinder RPG mechanics at all from this title has severely diminished my excitement for it. It is beginning to sound more and more like a Pathfinder "skin" stretched over a sandbox MMO framework. Everything has sounded like talent trees and the same MMO architecture that the industry has thrown at people for decades now.</p>
<p>I was really hoping for a (close to) faithful transition of the Pathfinder RPG rules into a game, like how Baldur's Gate was back in the day for 2nd edition D&D.</p>
<p>This feels like something else entirely, and I'm not fond of it. </blockquote><p>Hhhmm sorry this doesn't seem to be shaping up to what you would like it to be. They've stated that the game was going to be a Sandbox from the start. It's in the title of the Kickstarter. To understand better, would you want a turn based MMO in dungeons with movement squares and the like? You're action in the game is only as fast as the player that takes the longest to determine their action? I think that the table top game uses classes to help prevent an overwhelming feeling of "wait, now how do I learn and excel at the awesome things I want to do." Classes are just a planned and expected advancement path with trained abilities attached to them. This works in the cookie cutter, apply new skin in different modeling engine and release, world of present theme park MMO's each dungeon and quest is it's own show and attraction that players all get to relive over and over again. The Sandbox concept, as I understand it, makes the classes you know and enjoy, an achievable goal that comes in the form of a badge/achievement when you meet the requirements. You can be a rogue or a wizard or a sorcerer, you may even have a title for it, but the game isn't trapping you into that. Multi-classing would start looking like Final Fantasy 11. Which while probably "truer" to the books, is not really true to the world.
<p>As far as the stigma of classes, there is an assumption that is out there. Warrior = tank, cleric = healer, rogue = DPS. That's a very narrow scope of thinking when the classes have so many more possibilities. In effect this is also a way to be able to make your own class. People could get disappointed that their specific class wasn't created and put in the game. With no classes defined, past achievement markers, you can now make the other classes by gaining the right skills, maybe it gets added later as a badge/achievement. Maybe it's in there to start, but in the end, The devs don't have to program out the Death Kinght class for you, because you can plan it out for yourself. You can make your character what you want with the skills and abilities that you want. You just have to work towards it. That in and of itself, gives me goosebumps in anticipation.</p>
<p>I for one, can not wait to start playing. Every update has brought wonderful thought and speculation and I'm loving every minute of it.</p>
<p>•walks away from computer to stop trolling tendencies and to address obsession issues :-p•</p>Lucent wrote:The lack of character classes and Pathfinder RPG mechanics at all from this title has severely diminished my excitement for it. It is beginning to sound more and more like a Pathfinder "skin" stretched over a sandbox MMO framework. Everything has sounded like talent trees and the same MMO architecture that the industry has thrown at people for decades now.
I was really hoping for a (close to) faithful transition of the Pathfinder RPG rules into a game, like how Baldur's Gate was...Klandaghi2012-12-08T17:08:10ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Nihimonhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1612012-12-08T16:16:55Z2012-12-08T16:16:55Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Jameow wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Arlock Blackwind wrote:</div><blockquote> It will probably boil down to me living as a graveyard caretaker posing as a priest of Desna. really hiding an undead army in the graves waiting for an opportunity to strike terror and loot a town. :) arcane/divine undead stuff for me. </blockquote>"we offer a budget grave service, where your loved ones dig their own graves, saving on labour costs" </blockquote><p>Hah! I love it! :)Jameow wrote:Arlock Blackwind wrote: It will probably boil down to me living as a graveyard caretaker posing as a priest of Desna. really hiding an undead army in the graves waiting for an opportunity to strike terror and loot a town. :) arcane/divine undead stuff for me.
"we offer a budget grave service, where your loved ones dig their own graves, saving on labour costs" Hah! I love it! :)Nihimon2012-12-08T16:16:55ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Jameowhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1602012-12-08T13:55:03Z2012-12-08T13:55:03Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Arlock Blackwind wrote:</div><blockquote> It will probably boil down to me living as a graveyard caretaker posing as a priest of Desna. really hiding an undead army in the graves waiting for an opportunity to strike terror and loot a town. :) arcane/divine undead stuff for me. </blockquote><p>"we offer a budget grave service, where your loved ones dig their own graves, saving on labour costs"Arlock Blackwind wrote:It will probably boil down to me living as a graveyard caretaker posing as a priest of Desna. really hiding an undead army in the graves waiting for an opportunity to strike terror and loot a town. :) arcane/divine undead stuff for me.
"we offer a budget grave service, where your loved ones dig their own graves, saving on labour costs"Jameow2012-12-08T13:55:03ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Arlock Blackwindhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1592012-12-08T13:53:08Z2012-12-08T13:53:08Z<p>It will probably boil down to me living as a graveyard caretaker posing as a priest of Desna. really hiding an undead army in the graves waiting for an opportunity to strike terror and loot a town. :) arcane/divine undead stuff for me.</p>It will probably boil down to me living as a graveyard caretaker posing as a priest of Desna. really hiding an undead army in the graves waiting for an opportunity to strike terror and loot a town. :) arcane/divine undead stuff for me.Arlock Blackwind2012-12-08T13:53:08ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?echildahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1582012-12-08T13:30:10Z2012-12-08T13:30:10Z<p>I honestly don't know yet. I would need a bit more firm details on what skills are available to each class. I definately want to be able to construct a settlement and take skills to support that, but I would like some combat utility.</p>
<p>This will probably mean I end up playing a Conjurer and make my summoned minions fight for me whilst I sit in my personally constructed Wizard tower protected by walls of force.</p>I honestly don't know yet. I would need a bit more firm details on what skills are available to each class. I definately want to be able to construct a settlement and take skills to support that, but I would like some combat utility.
This will probably mean I end up playing a Conjurer and make my summoned minions fight for me whilst I sit in my personally constructed Wizard tower protected by walls of force.echilda2012-12-08T13:30:10ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Slaunyehhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1572012-12-08T11:17:22Z2012-12-08T11:17:22Z<p>I doubt I'll play <i>any</i> 'class'.</p>
<p>It's more likely that I will have skills all over the place. I'm not good at the whole "follow this plan to get a capstone ability". I'm more picking what sounds cool in the moment.</p>I doubt I'll play any 'class'.
It's more likely that I will have skills all over the place. I'm not good at the whole "follow this plan to get a capstone ability". I'm more picking what sounds cool in the moment.Slaunyeh2012-12-08T11:17:22ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Insert Namehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1562012-12-07T22:42:00Z2012-12-07T22:42:00Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lucent wrote:</div><blockquote> The lack of character classes and Pathfinder RPG mechanics at all from this title has severely diminished my excitement for it. It is beginning to sound more and more like a Pathfinder "skin" stretched over a sandbox MMO framework. </blockquote><p>In my opinion, Pathfinder =/= Pathfinder RPG. The RPG is merely one interpretation of what Pathfinder really is, which is a fantasy world in which amazing stories take place. Class is an abstract term used to categorize the abilities of the characters in the world, not that characters have abilities because they are of a class. Pathfinder Online is yet another interpretation of such a world.
<p>As for which class I would like to play first, I would like to be the master of throwing knives or kunai. I imagine the rogue will most likely fill this role.</p>Lucent wrote:The lack of character classes and Pathfinder RPG mechanics at all from this title has severely diminished my excitement for it. It is beginning to sound more and more like a Pathfinder "skin" stretched over a sandbox MMO framework.
In my opinion, Pathfinder =/= Pathfinder RPG. The RPG is merely one interpretation of what Pathfinder really is, which is a fantasy world in which amazing stories take place. Class is an abstract term used to categorize the abilities of the characters...Insert Name2012-12-07T22:42:00ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Nihimonhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1552012-12-07T21:52:58Z2012-12-07T21:52:58Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Lucent wrote:</div><blockquote>Everything has sounded like talent trees and the same MMO architecture that the industry has thrown at people for decades now.</blockquote><p>There won't be talent trees, and Ryan has spent a year or more telling us all the ways that they're not going to be following the same failed strategy that other MMOs have followed.
<p>I hope that you give it a closer look.</p>Lucent wrote:Everything has sounded like talent trees and the same MMO architecture that the industry has thrown at people for decades now.
There won't be talent trees, and Ryan has spent a year or more telling us all the ways that they're not going to be following the same failed strategy that other MMOs have followed. I hope that you give it a closer look.Nihimon2012-12-07T21:52:58ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Lucent (alias of Robert Brookes, RPG Superstar 2014 Top 4)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1542013-04-30T23:48:43Z2012-12-07T21:44:49Z<p>The lack of character classes and Pathfinder RPG mechanics at all from this title has severely diminished my excitement for it. It is beginning to sound more and more like a Pathfinder "skin" stretched over a sandbox MMO framework. Everything has sounded like talent trees and the same MMO architecture that the industry has thrown at people for decades now.</p>
<p>I was really hoping for a (close to) faithful transition of the Pathfinder RPG rules into a game, like how Baldur's Gate was back in the day for 2nd edition D&D.</p>
<p>This feels like something else entirely, and I'm not fond of it.</p>The lack of character classes and Pathfinder RPG mechanics at all from this title has severely diminished my excitement for it. It is beginning to sound more and more like a Pathfinder "skin" stretched over a sandbox MMO framework. Everything has sounded like talent trees and the same MMO architecture that the industry has thrown at people for decades now.
I was really hoping for a (close to) faithful transition of the Pathfinder RPG rules into a game, like how Baldur's Gate was back in the...Lucent (alias of Robert Brookes, RPG Superstar 2014 Top 4)2012-12-07T21:44:49ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Karnovhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1532012-12-01T12:13:46Z2012-12-01T12:13:46Z<p>Alchemist. Especially if you can play it as the saboteur class. "Will bomb targets for gold."</p>Alchemist. Especially if you can play it as the saboteur class. "Will bomb targets for gold."Karnov2012-12-01T12:13:46ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?Jiminyhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1522012-12-01T07:12:38Z2012-12-01T07:12:38Z<p>Will pick either a street rat kid that lives by his wits(and the odd dagger into someones ribs), or a noble born, military trained chap that is handy with sword and board. Have to read up more on the River Kingdoms to flesh out more of a background.</p>Will pick either a street rat kid that lives by his wits(and the odd dagger into someones ribs), or a noble born, military trained chap that is handy with sword and board. Have to read up more on the River Kingdoms to flesh out more of a background.Jiminy2012-12-01T07:12:38ZRe: Forums: Pathfinder Online: What class are you looking forward to playing first?In_digohttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2osaa&page=4?What-class-are-you-looking-forward-to-playing#1512012-11-27T05:03:27Z2012-11-27T05:03:27Z<p>To be honest, I'll probably just pick a class/race combo that strikes my fancy that day. Yay for spontaneity!</p>To be honest, I'll probably just pick a class/race combo that strikes my fancy that day. Yay for spontaneity!In_digo2012-11-27T05:03:27Z