Thread: New Class?

Originally Posted by Camireth

I want a kicky punchy martial arts class... I can always dream.

Kung-fu panda?

Originally Posted by Camireth

I want a kicky punchy martial arts class... I can always dream.

That could be fun.

Here's my brain's output: Light armour, allowed choose between a staff or a stat item, dps class. I think it would be too much like a burglar, though. Maybe, but i doubt it.

Originally Posted by 4u2nv

I would love to see a Horse Lord class, that would be cool.

Also I think a Ranger class would be cool. Nothing against Hunters but a class that could range, stealth, and sword and board it would be cool. Although I think Warden's do that to a lesser extent.

Wardens do everything, but noting well. I don't think either the Warden or the RK are worth the points.

Also, they are doing a horse lord class. It's called the mounted combat system!

Also about cleric's, martial arts people, and Nazgul, FIT THEM IN MIDDLE-EARTH. Then if they would still work, good for you.

Originally Posted by Ceremony

As for RKs, rk can't heal 3man Isengard instance by themselves

You have no idea what you're talking about.

Originally Posted by BBSoonerOU

You have no idea what you're talking about.

So true, I've healed countless times, and they all went fine. I even pulled it off with a champ for a tank who had 6.5 k health (he just leveled)

Originally Posted by Zephyriat

Haven't you heard? The new class for RoR will be the Cleric.

A cleric of a deity and able to use heavy armor and shields, he can cast divine spells, powerful heals and he has the ability to turn undead.

i onlyread up to this comment and just wanted to say that turbine officially said THERE WILL BE NO NEW CLASSES COMEING OUT WITH THE RoR EXPANSION SINCE WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO FOCUS ON

If they do a new class, it should be free, n more buying classes. He should be able to wear heavy armor, since there's only three that can do that now. Maybe another caster type class, that can use staves???? Who knows, personally I think they've covered all bases.

What about a lawyer class? Instead of working on gear to up your "mitigation" stats, you could work on gear for "litigation" to talk things to death. Legendary brief case and gold pen. It could be like a hybrid of the burg/hunter. You're a sneaky ####### who takes pot shots at people form a distance, but are able to confuse them with fancy words. Wormtongue already had a skill in the Isenguard instance that would be great for a lawyer!

Originally Posted by Widoch

What about a lawyer class?

I think they're talking about a new freep class, not a new creep class.

I was thinking maybe the Dunedin but im not sure hopefully a new class soon

Originally Posted by Armitas

I think they're talking about a new freep class, not a new creep class.

creeps need new class harder then freeps :P

Originally Posted by Aerulen

If they do a new class, it should be free, n more buying classes. He should be able to wear heavy armor, since there's only three that can do that now.

Ermm...theres ''only'' 3 that can use light and medium too? :3

Originally Posted by Widoch

What about a lawyer class? Instead of working on gear to up your "mitigation" stats, you could work on gear for "litigation" to talk things to death. Legendary brief case and gold pen. It could be like a hybrid of the burg/hunter. You're a sneaky ####### who takes pot shots at people form a distance, but are able to confuse them with fancy words. Wormtongue already had a skill in the Isenguard instance that would be great for a lawyer!

Being a third year law school student this made me laugh my ### off!
+ rep.

Originally Posted by Zephyriat

Haven't you heard? The new class for RoR will be the Cleric.

A cleric of a deity and able to use heavy armor and shields, he can cast divine spells, powerful heals and he has the ability to turn undead.

There was only one deity in middle earth, and he didn't have cleric, I for one would hate to see a cleric class, But being a Tolkien fan I want to see the game stick as close to Middle Earth lore as possible,

Originally Posted by Ceremony

Is there any word of a new class? I myself is bored with the classes, I have try all classes. I fell in love with my champ once again and working on a capt. I don't mind a new class for freeps and creeps...I do think maybe a goblin creep or a nazgul would be cool but as far as freeps goes, my mind is empty. I can't think of one.

They made a whole class out of one Weapon type idea (Halberd - Captains).

If the sole reason why we can't have new classes is based on the idea that we already got "all roles" or even "Would step on toes of existing classes". We wouldn't have:

1. Guardians.
2. Hunters
3. Burglars
4. Captains
5. Loremasters
6. RKs
7.Wardens

We would only have Minstrels who heal / Magic stuff. And Champs wo can wear anything and fight physically.
But turbine didn't. They didn't feel like having a tanking line for the Champ is enough to reflect the outstanding defenders role of Guardians in Middleearth. They didn't think giving Champs bow skills and the possibility to wear light and medium armor is enough to reflect the Art of a Hunter.


As for weapons:
We have dedicated Spear fighters. (Warden).
We have dedicated Sword + Shield fighters (Guardian).
We have dedicated Dualwield fighters (Champion).
We have dedicated Halbert wielders (Captain)
We have dedicated Bow wielders (Hunter).
We have dedicated dualwield sneakers (Burglar).

We do not have dedicated: One hand free + sword / dagger fighters.
I think it's time for an elven fencer

I'm probably mispelling the word but I've always thought that Morravail for creepside (the bat women and men) would be an interesting class. Maybe it could be caster-like? But also have the option of male or female... if not a option for gender, then probably be female much like spiders are. Just a thought.

One idea that I had not bothered to realise, would be a Marshal-Artist class that involves the melee of fists and kicks. The legendary weapon would be a spiked glove/boot and its main involvement would be speed dps; dealing less damage than other dps classes but at a faster rate.

Just a thought.

Originally Posted by zalladi

One idea that I had not bothered to realise, would be a Marshal-Artist class that involves the melee of fists and kicks. The legendary weapon would be a spiked glove/boot and its main involvement would be speed dps; dealing less damage than other dps classes but at a faster rate.

Just a thought.

Not that I find it a bad idea, but at first it's MARTIAL-Artist :P. Second, what does it have to do with Lord of the Rings?

Originally Posted by zalladi

One idea that I had not bothered to realise, would be a Marshal-Artist class that involves the melee of fists and kicks. The legendary weapon would be a spiked glove/boot and its main involvement would be speed dps; dealing less damage than other dps classes but at a faster rate.

Just a thought.

Unfortunately Blizzard have already got that idea in train for their next wow expansion.

Personally I don't think that a new class will do much for this game, though the creep-side could do with a having goblins added as a new racial type. Any new additions really would be pushing the lore boundaries and if done in a rush could have significant balancing issues.

However what I would love to see are some new hobbies or new vocations that have an impact & potential benefit to the rest of the game. For example trader, merchant, musician, gardener, butcher etc etc. Something that provides a bridge between what NPCs sell, hobbies and crafting that adds a bit of fluff and allows for more social interaction and to give player characters more colour.

Perhaps I have been playing Eve too much and have started to prefer the player-driven economy.

I think LOTRO should make a Panda class

oh wait....

In any case, I have a tenth slot unlocked just in case a new class is ever released

I'd like to see a 2-hand tank class with lots of life-drain type skills, small frequent absorb bubbles, passive healing and a focus on AoE tanking. Make it a parry/evade tank and instead of block it uses small absorbs, triggered by outgoing crits and scaled by agi. Let it use burg/hunter type medium armor, and get it's physical mastery from agi.

Originally Posted by Moejo

I'd like to see a 2-hand tank class with lots of life-drain type skills, small frequent absorb bubbles, passive healing and a focus on AoE tanking. Make it a parry/evade tank and instead of block it uses small absorbs, triggered by outgoing crits and scaled by agi. Let it use burg/hunter type medium armor, and get it's physical mastery from agi.

Have u hear about warden? XD

Originally Posted by GeoTerran

Agreed. Now that Warner Bros owns Turbine we might always see a Harry Potter expansion with the new class "angsty teen wizard". Fits in lore wise about as much as the RK anyways. = P

Reminds me of when EA bought Origin :{

This thread did make me think about something else though: stop me if I'm wrong, but did Gandalf and Elrond ever use bears/ravens/other pets to assist them? I intentionally play without my companions because Gandalf was too cool for animals imho.

Originally Posted by ismokerocks

stop me if I'm wrong, but did Gandalf and Elrond ever use bears/ravens/other pets to assist them? I intentionally play without my companions because Gandalf was too cool for animals imho.

Personally I think Radagast the brown would have been a better inspiration for the LM, since he's a friend of animals and the great eagles of course.

Originally Posted by Dawnn

There was only one deity in middle earth, and he didn't have cleric, I for one would hate to see a cleric class, But being a Tolkien fan I want to see the game stick as close to Middle Earth lore as possible,

The Valar are consider gods to the race of men , and many are venerated by the elfs .

Even dwarfs venerate a Vala , Aule the Maker .

And even Eru had ceremonies ( wich I assume would have someone leading them aka clerics ) celebrated in the land of Numenore .

BTW , I don't like the idea of a cleric class , was just saying x P

How about making a minstrel sub class specialist which is a bard and can use his instrument to make mobs fight each other as long as he is playing with his instrument.

I'd love to see advanced classes .

I'm too tired to flesh this idea out completely, but I've seen a few others mention it here and want to agree with them. It seems to me that the game doesn't need a new class. However, it would be interesting to see what could be done in adding a secondary profession or sub-class to a class at a higher level. Could Hunters, for instance be given an option to become a Ranger type of class once they hit level 70, that builds on many of their existing skills but adds a new direction as well. Something like that is what's bouncing around in my head. Maybe someone smarter can flesh it out better.

lmao I want to see a basic class o.o

Originally Posted by ThalionGoldcrown

Could Hunters, for instance be given an option to become a Ranger type of class once they hit level 70, that builds on many of their existing skills but adds a new direction as well. Something like that is what's bouncing around in my head.

This is a very interesting thought. I'd also much rather see a big development of the existing classes, rather than new ones being added. It would seem to me all areas are already covered.

Originally Posted by Leri927

Have u hear about warden? XD

Did you read my post? Wardens don't tank with a 2h weapon, they stack might for their physical mastery, and block with a shield.

What if at a certain level, the class split into two different paths, and you can chose which category you want to specialize in. like an rk could go specialize in healing, or dps. A hunter could specialize in dps or dps's. Ok, so it might need more work, but what do you think?

just one word "Multiclassing"

Hunter/burg or champ/cpt hehehe

will never happen but still we can all dream

^ thinking about Aragorn eh? Commands OBs like a cappy, dps like a champ, and stays alive like a warden

id rather see the whole tank/heal/dps concept brought into every class. theres too many dps classes who can't find tanks or healers, especially for the isengard instances.

i hope in the next xpac, they have more 3/6 man instances that can be done without tanks or heals.
i mean once the veteran players get their minis or guards, their raid armour; were left with servers full of dps'ers posting for tanks and heals who simply aren't there.

Originally Posted by barrack_obaggins

id rather see the whole tank/heal/dps concept brought into every class. theres too many dps classes who can't find tanks or healers, especially for the isengard instances.

i hope in the next xpac, they have more 3/6 man instances that can be done without tanks or heals.
i mean once the veteran players get their minis or guards, their raid armour; were left with servers full of dps'ers posting for tanks and heals who simply aren't there.

Um ... well, what do I know, I don't watch /glff. But I see requests on /lff all the time ---- for tanks and dps-ers. The one time my Minstrel got invited to join an instance, by the time she got to the place all the guys had to quit -- mother was calling them, wife was calling them, it was bedtime....

/shrug

The only type of new class I could see working would be another support class similar to a capt.I see this based more along the lines of what most think of a Ranger as being.I see it as medium armour wearing with ranged skills equal to melee.It would have some type of buffs,maybe power restore or offense buff.I would think it would be similar to a warden but without the tanking line.It would have a smaller single target heal then a capt and possibly a small fellow heal similar in strength to the captains Inspire.It would have a bow and dual or a 2 hand weapon.

Not to sure what the legendary weapons would be.Main hand of course but not sure if the he secondary would be a bow or some new item.I would base it off the might stat just so all that medium with might stacked that seems to drop would actuallu get used.

I would open this to all classes since for along time now people have complained that there was no supprt class for other races since a capt can only be played as the race of man.Just some an idea I had in my head.

The train of thought seems to be "no new classes" but the last several posts indicate a way to not only improve the classes we have, but provide us with a possible "upgrade/morph" into a new type of class. i.e. Hunters can have the "option" at a certain level (60, 65, 70, 75) to become a Ranger, which would lose some of their "ranged" skills for more "melee" dps-ing. If they decide to NOT take the Ranger route, they can become a "long bow" style class. They would drop a little in the Melee area while increasing in range/dps for bow skills. For Champs/Guardians you could have a Hero class; Burglars could have Master Thief; and so on...

The important part is to be given the option the continue in their current role (with some reward toward their skills) or to take the upgrade plunge and become something more. I keep thinking of the main characters in LotR and how they all evolved to become something better and more powerful than they were.

It could work, imho.

Originally Posted by Kneecracker

The train of thought seems to be "no new classes" but the last several posts indicate a way to not only improve the classes we have, but provide us with a possible "upgrade/morph" into a new type of class. i.e. Hunters can have the "option" at a certain level (60, 65, 70, 75) to become a Ranger, which would lose some of their "ranged" skills for more "melee" dps-ing. If they decide to NOT take the Ranger route, they can become a "long bow" style class. They would drop a little in the Melee area while increasing in range/dps for bow skills. For Champs/Guardians you could have a Hero class; Burglars could have Master Thief; and so on...

The important part is to be given the option the continue in their current role (with some reward toward their skills) or to take the upgrade plunge and become something more. I keep thinking of the main characters in LotR and how they all evolved to become something better and more powerful than they were.

It could work, imho.

Suggesting hero classes is okay but you can't have people becoming Rangers like that. It didn't work that way.