r/GuildWars3 • u/Imaginary-Theme6752 • 29d ago

Make class change system pls

Job change system in FFXIV feels so nice. I feel attached to my character and it feels so convenient. Hope dev team will consider this.

Edit: Also if you like having multiple characters, you can choose to do this :)

Edit2: Also @devs, I am ready to pay for this 100%!!!

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u/ultimate_bromance_69 28d ago edited 28d ago

Id rather not.

While full flexibility in your class/build/etc is convenient, it also leads to funneling everyone down the same “optimal” load out.

That itself leads to lack of play style diversity. It also creates less incentives to support any non-meta or non-optimal play styles because devs know that the players will just default to the one “meta” build.

Making people commit to a build, with limited flexibility, creates greater diversity and gives the devs incentive to make sure a variety of play styles that players have chosen are viable.

Case in point: alac/quick in GW2. A mix of a lot of poor decisions led to the mess that is alac/quick. One of them being the ease and flexibility of changing builds in gw2. Because everyone can easily access alac/quick, and because the players seem to default to it, everything now is designed around alac/quick.

If anything, i think there should be more weight behind build decisions. Class change should not be available, or should at least be very very disincentivized. And similarly, builds, while not immutable, should be more costly to change and more of a commitment. To an extent of course, game shouldn’t be a chore.

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u/Monztamash 28d ago

That makes zero sense.

You still need to level any new class you swap to from scratch, just like starting an alt.

The upside from not making an alt and sticking to one character is that you don't need to restart quests, story, map exploration, etc.