General Discussion

Forgive me if there has been a post on this in the past but based on everyones experience, what game has the most classes?  

DAOC if it does not have the most has to be near the top of the list

EQ2 has a ton of classes.

Several different kinds of tanks (and half tanks), several different kinds of healers (and half healers), several different kinds of rogues and archer types, several different types of mages, several different kinds of questing trees, several diff.. oh well you get the picture.

EQ2 has by far the most different classes and races to play those classes than anyone probably out atm.

I thinks its DAoC, thats got 45 classes. Although its mostly the same skills sets, remixed.

Holy cow thats a crapload.

EQ2 doesnt have 45. I stand corrected.

Instead of everyone taking guess, you can help the poster by replying with exact info on how many class there are in the game you have chosen.

Originally posted by popinjay

EQ2 has a ton of classes.

Several different kinds of tanks (and half tanks), several different kinds of healers (and half healers), several different kinds of rogues and archer types, several different types of mages, several different kinds of questing trees, several diff.. oh well you get the picture.

EQ2 has by far the most different classes and races to play those classes than anyone probably out atm.

Shadowbane has 25 classes,some of which can be made different archytypes (e.g,warlocks can be heavily armored fighters or mages,crusaders can be healers or fighters,bards can be rogues or mage)

http://chronicle.ubi.com/Classes.php 

Vanguard has a good number too,and theyre mostly very unique.One of that games strong points,unfortunate 90% of the rest of it was garbage.

As a rule, I generally don't find a "large number of classes" to be a selling feature in an MMO. In all cases of this, as others have pointed out, the more classes a game has, the more 'samey' they tend to feel, as the features that define them from one another become smaller and smaller.

I prefer less, but more distinct choices.

Daoc or shadowbane

 Shadowbane has some 25 classes, depending on the archtype you choose(i.e. you can be a healer crusader or a fighter crusader) as well as 30 or so disciplines, of which you can have 3. As far as variability and classes go, Shadowbane stands on top i'd say.