NighDarke: I just want my pure class characters to be as good as my subclassed ones. It's insane that I feel like I'm being punished for staying pure class.

ЯрославСуський: ZOS in April: Subclassing yeeeeaaaaahhh

ZOS in December after many month of criticism: ESO not designed with subclassing in mind

likes2playcatch: All sounds pretty positive to me!

Just genuinely hope they can deliver

thomasjefferson3449: Aka - "We screwed up"

Ltee-x2k: OOOOOooOOoOoOooOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH CHRISTMAS IS HEEEEERE

gregoryhatcher6428: Does this mean that eso will finally be out of pre-alpha?

Business101HQ: Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in, AGAIN

RunnelsESO: Thanks for this breakdown, a lot of information you made easier for me to understand

TremeresRaspa: Look at that, I might be coming back to ESO afterall....well once they get to the Necromancer

bearandthebull2372: Feels like necro and Sorc should be at the top.

Both are supposed to be the "summoner" classes,yet one barely gets enough minions to even count as one while the latter is locked to 2 shitty one's that feel pathetic.

i_am_geopi: Guys, GUYS! We promise! Next yeah? pfff NEXT YEAR WE WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU ASKED FOR! For real! Just stick around, maybe get ESO PLUS, for real this time we will deliver for sure no cap 100% - ZOS probably

Guns-N-Raiders: What an amazing insight to the upcoming changes. You really do explain everything in a positive engaging vibe. Thanks for uploading. I have high hope for ESOs future.

CreativeExcusesGaming: Great news. However, if it takes them 7 patches over two years to do it, thats bad

MightyKnight1234: WE NEED MOUNTED COMBAT, AND SIEGE IN OVERLANDS. PLEASE ZOS!

gabrielsantanavideo2: We REALLY need something like "Class Specialisations" skill lines (or they can call "Masteries"), with 2 options per class, but we would have to CHOOSE JUST ONE of them. Each "Class Spec" could be really simple, it could be just a skill line with 3 active skills, 1 passive skill, and 1 ultimate skill. And these "Class Specs" skill lines could bring back some of the original class identities, but also bring some common RPG archetypes that we dont have in the game (but making sense with TES lore).

- For the Sorcerer, we could choose --> 'Pyromancer' (Fire-Mage) or 'Maormer Mage' (with a Storm/Sea water theme)

- For the Templar --> 'Cleric' or 'Paladin'

- For the Warden --> 'Druid' or 'Shaman'

- For the DragonKnight --> 'Barbarian' or 'Warmage' (a tank mage)

- For the Nightblade --> 'Ranger' or 'Corsair/Pirate' (this spec could have a sword combat-style with one-hand, like a duelist)

- For the Necro --> 'Lich-Lord' or 'Warlock' (this necro spec could summon a little crowd of minions)

- For the Arcanist --> 'Dwemmer-Tech Engineer' or 'Alchemyst' (like a Chemistry-Mage, with the themes of poison and toxic substances)

Tbonetherezmutt: Good on them for attempting to fix the things they broke themselves. I can't help but worry that they're going to break things even more though. Either way the only way they're gonna get me to play is if they go free to play

TwinStripe: And yet somehow, people will still whine that they're not getting listened to... Glad they're going back and revisiting the OG classes though; some of them could do with having clearer roles in the skill trees

obnoxiouswayoflife: ELDERS OF SORCS ONLINE....finished,....make REDguard great again...!

UberHarabi: If you still think zos is capable of fixing the game, remember, they don't know heavy attacks restore resources.

dillondejong1056: I think what is underrated about this news is that it seems like ESO is going to be their baby again. With the cancellation of other projects to this announcement, it looks like a real attempt to modernize/improve the player experience is upon us. They wouldn't do this unless they are going in on ESO as the cash cow of the next 5--7 years. Props to the whales who make this game super profitable lol

EMcKelvyF: I run a pure Templar pve and pvp. I have had no issues keeping up with subclass builds. People just like to cry

ericwilson1421: I’m glad they’re making this change.

I have been doing everything to make my pure sorcerer work using all shock damage and shock sets and I parse about 70-80k on a good day. I still use dark magic skill line which everybody hates as it’s always at the very bottom of skills taken by those who sub class. It is always an awesome feeling when your crystal fragment hits like 65 to 90k in direct damage. But whenever I load into a PUG, I’m looking at arcanists just beaming mobs and melting them within a second, and when you are the lone sorcerer with three people beaming, it just feels weird at best and like you’re just not pulling your weight at worst.

It is nice to have an off meta build though and I don’t see that changing. I was really hoping that they would boost the performance of a pure class and it looks like they might finally do it

Now please make my crystal fragments do the elemental damage associated with the staff equipped. My crystal fragment should be a burst of shock damage.

cw8786: I'd love to see some combat animation work too.

danmoore9507: If they put universal passives stating that if all 3 class lines are pureclass then skills are ##% stronger.

ChibiCosmos: Me in corner with my nightblade no arc beam

2shoes155: They need to add capes to hide the stiff 2009 run animations

Barn80: Oh wow. This sounds epic! Looking forward to this one

Dec 03 2025

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