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(06-08-2015, 08:18 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote: I've done pettier than that.To be honest, I feel that is a bigger consideration than the class make-up of an MMORPG.
I refuse to play Skullgirls 'cause I hate Alex Ahab's character designs.
Because, for the most part, there should be at least one class in any given lineup that appeals to you, since all of the major niches WILL be covered from the start, unless it's a game that's being shoved out the door too soon or something like that.
The art style, on the other hand, either appeals to you or doesn't. I don't like most major western MMORPG art styles, so that alone causes me to pass on a fair number of them (especially World of Warcraft which I find anathema to my sensibilities). I just can't fully imagine someone who can't find SOMETHING they like in the quadrinity of warrior-rogue-mage-priest.
(06-08-2015, 08:34 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: Considering that White Mage and Scholar share pre-requisite classes, and considering that both Jobs pull cross-class skills from each other, I would be extremely surprised if the person in question has never tried out the other job. Â What's more, a good White Mage is going to have a few more cross class skills from other classes, meaning that you end up trying other classes out.Well, I don't disagree.
Doesn't mean you'll like them. Â It's perfectly sane and reasonable to say, "I don't like this because I tried it out and it sucked."
BTW, it's also perfectly reasonable to say, "I don't like this because I looked into this class - though I didn't try it out -and nothing about it appeals to me." Â That's completely reasonable, even if you think it's "narrowminded."
Thing is, I'm still talking about prospective buyers here. People who've actually played the game at least for some time have a basis with which to make some kind of judgment. But a prospective buyer/trial user should have at least one class among the initial lineup that appeals to them if it covers every one of the usual niches.
I mean, I'm trying to imagine the person who looks at Paladin, Warrior, Dragoon, Monk, Bard, Ninja, Black Mage, Summoner, White Mage, and Scholar and thinks "ehhhh.... I don't like any of those". How boring and one-track can you possibly be? I don't mind alienating myself from folks who think that way at all. There's no way I could find common ground with them. Not sure I'd even want to play with them. "EVERYTHING ELSE is conceptually boring... except for MY class!" Yeah, thanks, but no thanks.
And this is, of course, assuming that the genre itself even appeals to them to begin with. Obviously, someone who just doesn't care for swords-and-spells high fantasy shouldn't even be looking at such titles to begin with. I certainly wouldn't recommend someone who only cares for cyberpunk and sci-fi settings to look into the game just because Machinist and Allagans (and, to a lesser extent, Garleans) are a thing, or else they'll just be set up for major disappointment. But they can already make that judgment themselves, and I'd much rather they couch their impressions in those terms instead of saying something clearly ridiculous and absurd like "none of the classes appeal to me!" when, really, the game's setting doesn't appeal to you so you should probably be looking the other way to begin with.
Which I still think is absurd, because, seriously, what?
But I will freely admit I am narrow-minded on this aspect, because I only ever seem to obtain ever-widening interests as I grow older. Things that I used to think were boring are now just the most fascinating things in the world to me. I feel like there is no limit to the things I want to explore and try out, and trying to imagine the people who only ever want to stick within a certain predefined niche only ever depresses me.
And again, since I can't emphasize this enough, your experiences are yours! If you've actually played the game and given it more than a short test-drive I can't refute your experiences whatsoever. It's only the people who've never even touched the game and are passing judgments on the game's roster that I find much to question.
Well, heh, I've already invested more energy into this shpiel than I really should have. I don't feel that strongly about it. It was just an idle observation and now I feel the need to explain and defend my thought processes. Can't be helped, I suppose. Anything that can be negatively construed gets that kind of response...