Comments on: MMO Class Design: An Economic Argument https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/mmo-class-design-an-economic-argument/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:11:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/mmo-class-design-an-economic-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-182951 Isegoria Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:54:10 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24416#comment-182951 Left unspoken is that those necessary roles are combat roles, because that is the part of the game that lends itself best to true teamwork.

]]> By: Red https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/mmo-class-design-an-economic-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-182755 Red Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:18:42 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24416#comment-182755 There’s a better solution to this problem: Don’t have specializations that are also roles. Find one special and useful thing that each class can do, and give them a variety of things they can do in multiple roles. For example, the rogue class has two special abilities: detect/set traps and steal things. Its primary role is that of damage-dealer and interrupter of attacks.

The problem that most MMOs run into is having too many classes and a party size that is too small to get all the skills needed from the class selection. If they better limited the number of classes there would be fewer issues.

]]> By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2011/04/mmo-class-design-an-economic-argument/comment-page-1/#comment-182705 Ross Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:40:56 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=24416#comment-182705 “Reality is Broken”

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