WAR is cutting classes much like AOC did.  Do you think it was good for AOC to cut that content?  Do you think it would be good for WAR?

Of course...'else there would've been more classes than there were zones, if there aren't already.

Of course it's good. Why would devs release something they thought was sub-par? In both cases here, there was already enough diversity to please a wide audience for each class, and by the time the angst over the loss settled for the people who were craving to play these classes, they'd already chosen a new one and moved on, so it's really no big loss. In AOC, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't remember the cut classes being major besides the Lich, which was absorbed into the Necromancer. In WAR, I'm not sure.. I know lots of people are upset over the loss of the tanks, I'm not in beta and I have no idea how it'll affect the game, but I trust their decisions.

I fail to see the relation between the 2.  At this point AOC is so bad, playing PONG is a better option.

Originally posted by Aguitha

I fail to see the relation between the 2.  At this point AOC is so bad, playing PONG is a better option.

Agreed.

AoC has different classes? I thought they started removing them a few patches ago. Thought they only wanted ToS from now on

Age of Conan was not so optimistic in its inital class line up in comparison. I could of told you 12 months back war will cut classes (and I did). At the end of the day it doesnt matter so long as the game is better for it. Its scary about the lack of tanks though.

It will be good for them to focus on what they have instead of saying behind the scenes ``oh shit, oh shit, few months to go and what have we to show`` much they same as the AoC devs I suspect, but they left it longer to announce other cuts, which are staple of the genre. You can bet the Mythic boys were watching FC`s launch.

Imho it does not matter so much what they hoped would make it in as much as the quality of what did make into the game at release.

Very different situations I think.  AoC merged classes and didn't take the time to balance them before launch.  It may be PR spin but I got the impression WAR was cutting the classes because they couldn't see an easy way to balance them in the time they had.  They're also still leaving 20 classes at launch which, in my opinion, is more than enough.

Fact is, WAR is selling the cuts JUST like AOC did prior to launch.  Problem is, you pretty much have to take their word for it until you see it for yourself.  Unfortunately key classes missing from a certain race WILL imbalance things at low level since most players won't venture from their races' zone for at least a few levels.

If they say it won't affect 1-10 RVR, then they are kidding themselves like AOC was at making last minute cuts.

Lastly, they are dancing around the idea of EVER bringing them back.  This doesn't mean that they need more time, it means that they don't directly plan on it.

So the question, since this IS more like AOC than it would first appear....  Is, do you think the missing classes are missed?  Do you think they should have just given the players the choice to play these "not great" classes if it fits their personality? 

Originally posted by Narshe

Of course it's good. Why would devs release something they thought was sub-par?

ROFLMAO

Didn't AoC cut out some classes and bundle them into one class like in Beta. I thought they where going to have 4 of each arch type. Like a Lich class that the Lead Dev kept talking about.

Originally posted by bverji

Originally posted by Narshe

Of course it's good. Why would devs release something they thought was sub-par?

 

ROFLMAO

I'm glad i wasn't the only one who saw the irony in that.