Class choices within each faction - Page 2

Sylvio · 07-07-2008, 06:53 AM

I dunno at the moment...but at 80% my main will be Gladiator... or Ranger/Templar :P

100% Elyos

Aael · 07-07-2008, 07:01 AM

I for one, am chosing the Spiritmaster school of the Mage. I hear through the grape vine that its suppose to be a challenging school to master, but once you do can be very dangerous!

Gravity · 07-07-2008, 07:17 AM

Another Elyos Cleric!

Although, I might be going Elyos Sorcerer. After playing AoC and DPSing on a healer, I've fell in love with pure DPS now. ;_;

Who knows, we'll see later. :P

Corum · 07-07-2008, 08:06 AM

First Asmodian Gladiator, surely I can't be the only member who think they're bad ***?

Writh · 07-07-2008, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Corum

First Asmodian Gladiator, surely I can't be the only member who think they're bad ***?

You're not alone though there is a strong likely hood I'm switching to Elyos.

Millenia · 07-07-2008, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Ecco

Hey...what happened to the Asmodian Clerics?

I'm right here ^_^

CPK1 · 07-07-2008, 09:24 AM

Funny how this poll shows twice as many people going chanter as the other class poll

hexylia · 07-07-2008, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by CPK1

Funny how this poll shows twice as many people going chanter as the other class poll

people change their minds

persepha · 07-07-2008, 10:09 AM

asmodian female cleric ^_^

Shu · 07-07-2008, 12:12 PM

Dunno what this means, but Elyos has more Clerics, Chanters, and Templars so far o.o;

Let's see... Asmodians have more Rangers, Assassins, and Spiritmasters? Could there really be an inbalance between the factions?

In WoW, because of the talent trees, most classes could adapt to two or three different roles. If there is a shortage of one class, there are always other classes that could take over. There's no specific "healing class" or "buffing class" or "tanking class". Besides, the faction versus faction warfare could never take permanent effects, unlike Aion, which has these fortresses and such that actually affect gameplay for everyone else.

In L2, it didn't matter what race you picked because there were no factions. Most races branched out to classes with similar abilities anyways, especially the melee classes. It didn't matter if one race had more of one type of class than another.

I'm worried because Aion combines the faction warfare of WoW with this fortress system similar to L2. The fortress system can allow one faction to completely dominate another because now PvP can drastically affect the status of the server. Suddenly, if the servers become inbalanced because the factions prefer different classes, how would NCsoft solve the problem? If, for example, Asmodians had too many DPS classes for healers, and Elyos had vice-versa. Would NCsoft buff the support on Asmodian side and buff the damage dealing of the Elyos to compensate? I can see this becoming a problem, but let's wait and see the poll results, and the feedback from the Korean beta testers.

Solaire · 07-07-2008, 12:46 PM

Well really, this is a very small sample size of the actual projected population. Statistically speaking, you couldn't even include this data because it's such a tiny fraction of the whole, and terribly biased.

Most people who are active participants of the forum seem to be asmodian, with a small number of vocal elyos. Then, the folks who tend to talk more often are the dps classes, which is why a lot of polls end up skewed.

In reality, the player base will be a ton more people. I'd wager a bet that all the fansites combined (at this point in time) don't even reach 5% of the end game population. When Aion gets closer to release, the ads will pop up, marketing will explode, and a ton more people will be drawn in. For example, most people who play WoW don't know anything about Aion until I tell them to go check it out. Even the F2P people (like my brothers) hadn't heard of it. THEN you also have to take into consideration that people, like myself, will be playing more than one. Some folks like to dedicate themselves to one alt... I have six level 70's in WoW, which are all decked out in tier or current season (not welfare) arena gear. I'll end up having a ranger to start, but bet you anything I have one of each by the time the game has hit its first anniversary after release. When the group needs a tank, log on the templar, when the group needs a healer, log on the cleric, when the group needs x, log on x.

In the end, polls like this are just for fun, and can't be used to extrapolate hard evidence to whether to buff/nerf certain things. The actual population will be more normal. There'll be maybe 30-35% of the population on both sides playing tanks, healers, and buffers, and the other 65-70% will be the dpsers. That's just how it goes.

lol

hexylia · 07-07-2008, 01:05 PM

just a little input some F2P have herd of it *cough*me*cough*

Kato · 07-07-2008, 02:36 PM

I voted asmodian gladiator but I'm torn between Asmo or Elyos, haven't really decided yet, but I'm pretty dead set on having a gladiator as my main/first character and see how the game progresses for a month or so and then decide whether or not to reroll.

Shu · 07-07-2008, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solaire

Well really, this is a very small sample size of the actual projected population. Statistically speaking, you couldn't even include this data because it's such a tiny fraction of the whole, and terribly biased.

Most people who are active participants of the forum seem to be asmodian, with a small number of vocal elyos. Then, the folks who tend to talk more often are the dps classes, which is why a lot of polls end up skewed.

In reality, the player base will be a ton more people. I'd wager a bet that all the fansites combined (at this point in time) don't even reach 5% of the end game population. When Aion gets closer to release, the ads will pop up, marketing will explode, and a ton more people will be drawn in. For example, most people who play WoW don't know anything about Aion until I tell them to go check it out. Even the F2P people (like my brothers) hadn't heard of it. THEN you also have to take into consideration that people, like myself, will be playing more than one. Some folks like to dedicate themselves to one alt... I have six level 70's in WoW, which are all decked out in tier or current season (not welfare) arena gear. I'll end up having a ranger to start, but bet you anything I have one of each by the time the game has hit its first anniversary after release. When the group needs a tank, log on the templar, when the group needs a healer, log on the cleric, when the group needs x, log on x.

In the end, polls like this are just for fun, and can't be used to extrapolate hard evidence to whether to buff/nerf certain things. The actual population will be more normal. There'll be maybe 30-35% of the population on both sides playing tanks, healers, and buffers, and the other 65-70% will be the dpsers. That's just how it goes.

View Poll Results: Which class/race are you going?
Elyos Gladiator	27	9.82%
Elyos Templar	19	6.91%
Elyos Ranger	18	6.55%
Elyos Assassin	15	5.45%
Elyos Spiritmaster	7	2.55%
Elyos Sorcerer	24	8.73%
Elyos Cleric	21	7.64%
Elyos Chanter	16	5.82%
Asmodian Gladiator	20	7.27%
Asmodian Templar	14	5.09%
Asmodian Ranger	14	5.09%
Asmodian Assassin	19	6.91%
Asmodian Spiritmaster	12	4.36%
Asmodian Sorcerer	17	6.18%
Asmodian Cleric	16	5.82%
Asmodian Chanter	16	5.82%
Voters: 275. You may not vote on this poll

07-07-2008, 06:53 AM	#16 (permalink)
Sylvio Daeva Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Poland Character: Sylvio or Punisher Class: Gladiator Race: Elyos	I dunno at the moment...but at 80% my main will be Gladiator... or Ranger/Templar :P 100% Elyos Last edited by Sylvio; 07-07-2008 at 06:56 AM.

07-07-2008, 07:01 AM	#17 (permalink)
Aael Daeva Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Missouri Character: Aael Class: Spiritmaster Legion: Elysium Race: Elyos	I for one, am chosing the Spiritmaster school of the Mage. I hear through the grape vine that its suppose to be a challenging school to master, but once you do can be very dangerous! __________________ Aael "The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal." -- Richard Adams

07-07-2008, 07:17 AM	#18 (permalink)
Gravity Subscriber Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wisconsin, USA Blog Entries: 3 Character: Gravity Legion: Genesis Race: Elyos	Another Elyos Cleric! Although, I might be going Elyos Sorcerer. After playing AoC and DPSing on a healer, I've fell in love with pure DPS now. ;_; Who knows, we'll see later. :P __________________ I demand you pm and leave me visitor messages while I'm at Basic Training! Gogogo!!!

07-07-2008, 10:09 AM	#24 (permalink)
persepha Daeva Join Date: May 2008 Class: Cleric Race: Asmodians	asmodian female cleric ^_^ __________________

07-07-2008, 08:06 AM	#19 (permalink)
Corum Daeva Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: England Race: Undecided	First Asmodian Gladiator, surely I can't be the only member who think they're bad ***?

07-07-2008, 09:24 AM	#22 (permalink)
CPK1 Daeva Join Date: Jul 2008 Race: Elyos	Funny how this poll shows twice as many people going chanter as the other class poll

07-07-2008, 12:12 PM	#25 (permalink)
Shu Daeva Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada! Yay Class: Chanter Legion: Looking for Legion Race: Elyos	Dunno what this means, but Elyos has more Clerics, Chanters, and Templars so far o.o; Let's see... Asmodians have more Rangers, Assassins, and Spiritmasters? Could there really be an inbalance between the factions? In WoW, because of the talent trees, most classes could adapt to two or three different roles. If there is a shortage of one class, there are always other classes that could take over. There's no specific "healing class" or "buffing class" or "tanking class". Besides, the faction versus faction warfare could never take permanent effects, unlike Aion, which has these fortresses and such that actually affect gameplay for everyone else. In L2, it didn't matter what race you picked because there were no factions. Most races branched out to classes with similar abilities anyways, especially the melee classes. It didn't matter if one race had more of one type of class than another. I'm worried because Aion combines the faction warfare of WoW with this fortress system similar to L2. The fortress system can allow one faction to completely dominate another because now PvP can drastically affect the status of the server. Suddenly, if the servers become inbalanced because the factions prefer different classes, how would NCsoft solve the problem? If, for example, Asmodians had too many DPS classes for healers, and Elyos had vice-versa. Would NCsoft buff the support on Asmodian side and buff the damage dealing of the Elyos to compensate? I can see this becoming a problem, but let's wait and see the poll results, and the feedback from the Korean beta testers. __________________ わたしはしゅうまさはるです。。。！ KHDownloads<<<<<Free anime/video game soundtrack downloads =D

07-07-2008, 12:46 PM	#26 (permalink)
Solaire Daeva Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: USA Character: Solaire Class: Ranger Race: Asmodians	Well really, this is a very small sample size of the actual projected population. Statistically speaking, you couldn't even include this data because it's such a tiny fraction of the whole, and terribly biased. Most people who are active participants of the forum seem to be asmodian, with a small number of vocal elyos. Then, the folks who tend to talk more often are the dps classes, which is why a lot of polls end up skewed. In reality, the player base will be a ton more people. I'd wager a bet that all the fansites combined (at this point in time) don't even reach 5% of the end game population. When Aion gets closer to release, the ads will pop up, marketing will explode, and a ton more people will be drawn in. For example, most people who play WoW don't know anything about Aion until I tell them to go check it out. Even the F2P people (like my brothers) hadn't heard of it. THEN you also have to take into consideration that people, like myself, will be playing more than one. Some folks like to dedicate themselves to one alt... I have six level 70's in WoW, which are all decked out in tier or current season (not welfare) arena gear. I'll end up having a ranger to start, but bet you anything I have one of each by the time the game has hit its first anniversary after release. When the group needs a tank, log on the templar, when the group needs a healer, log on the cleric, when the group needs x, log on x. In the end, polls like this are just for fun, and can't be used to extrapolate hard evidence to whether to buff/nerf certain things. The actual population will be more normal. There'll be maybe 30-35% of the population on both sides playing tanks, healers, and buffers, and the other 65-70% will be the dpsers. That's just how it goes. lol __________________ The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, 'You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.' ~ George Carlin

07-07-2008, 01:05 PM	#27 (permalink)
hexylia Daeva Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: my own little world somewhere near Austin. Tx Character: Hexylia Legion: id love to be in yours (maby) Race: Asmodians	just a little input some F2P have herd of it coughmecough __________________ Im what you'd call a hard-core gamer wanna be =p ~my icon is a true happening; i really did say that thinkign it was true~ ~yes i knwo i cant spell~

07-07-2008, 02:36 PM	#28 (permalink)
Kato Human Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Orlando, Florida Character: Depends Class: Gladiator Legion: Undecided Race: Undecided	I voted asmodian gladiator but I'm torn between Asmo or Elyos, haven't really decided yet, but I'm pretty dead set on having a gladiator as my main/first character and see how the game progresses for a month or so and then decide whether or not to reroll.

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