this is not a standard TES game:

- the PVP section of this game is a direct copy with some modifications of Dark Ages of Camelot, meaning if you research Dark Ages of Camelot you will find the place this PVP system was born, which is fine I am not Knocking it one way or another

- Weapons, this game allows you to be versatile in every weapon type, matter a fact the devs designed the game this way on purpose, they even have mobs who cannot be damaged unless you are willing to switch out weapon types at any given moment if the need arises, they also wanted you to develop the type of character you have always dreamed of so you can MASTER whatever type weapon you want to with ANY class

- Armor. this game allows you to be versatile with ANY armor type, matter a fact the devs designed the game this way on purpose they wanted you to develop the type of character you have always dreamed of so you can MASTER whatever type Armor you want to with ANY class

- Classes, this game allows you to take skill lines from ANY of the classes and develop them into your own particular hybrid character, matter a fact the devs designed it this way on purpose so that you wouldnt be restricted to the standard cookie cutter roles of Tank,Mage,Rogue,Healer in other words:

a Nightblade can be a healer

a Mage can be a healer

a Nightblade can be a tank

a Mage can be a tank

a Mage can be a Rogue

a Rogue can be a Mage

and on and on and on there is really no limitations to the combinations you can come up with for your character, I hope this clears things up for some people

P.S I will say though there ARE limitations to what special abilities you can take from each class, for example you can only take 1 of the three trees in the mage class 1 of the three trees int he rogue class etc to specialize in along with whatever your main class is because your main class you will want to take two lines an example of this would be....

2 Spell lines from the mage class 1 spell line from the thief class OR if you want to spread yourself thin you could do

1 Spell line from the mage class 1 spell line from the thief class and 1 spell line from the healer class

BOTH of these methods are viable per se although I personally dont recommend the second system based on my knowledge of the game thus far which ISNT a whole lot

What? You can't take skill lines from classes other than your class..... You can heal if you pick up a restoration staff but that is a weapon skill. So for example, a Nightblade cannot pickup the healing line from the templar.

He means you can take that classes skill lines and do multiple things with it, although I see how you could have been mistaken.

You can mix and match class ability lines? Since when?

If you pick Dragonknight, you don't have access to Sorcerer class skills at all. You only have access to weapon skill lines and global/guild lines. Unless something pivotal has changed.

A post to clear misconceptions with misconceptions in it (either that or not properly worded.

Right, there is no "thief" class or "healer" class. There are only four words that matter: Nightblade, Dragonknight, Sorcerer, Templar.

If you pick Templar, you cannot take any skills from the Nightblade, Sorcerer or Dragonknight classes. Once you pick your class of the 4 available, the 3 skill lines in that class are available to you and the 9 skill lines in the other 3 classes are locked out and you cannot choose from them.

It is possible to make a Nightblade and give him a Restoration Staff so he can heal, or a Dragonknight could specialize in Dual Wield, sneak around and be a stabby-stabby rogue type of character, but once you pick your class, you are locked out of the skill lines for the other classes.

MISCONCEPTION INCEPTION!! (Sorry couldn't resist)

But yeah pretty sure he meant you can take any of your 3 class lines and combine them with any other skill line you have access to (weapon,armor,guild,etc) and make hybrids or w/e you want to.

hmm apparently they may have changed it and you can no longer take skills from different classes I will have to wait and see on this point, because the way I understood them originally is you could go outside the box and not be a cookie cutter build apparently this is changing......

my guess is its because the players in the static beta test group couldnt think outside the box and whined and complained until it was changed

Well no, let me quote again...

If you're a sorceror (mage), you cannot take skill lines from the nightblade (thief). I think perhaps he is using the word 'class' where perhaps he should be talking more about 'roles'. The classes are fixed and talking about taking skill lines from multiple classes is indeed a misconception so this post is actually just adding to the confusion and not clearing it up!

Yep - there are 12 skill lines from the four classes. You have access to 3 of those skill lines and are locked out of the other 9. You don't get to pick and choose which 3--they are selected for you based on your class choice of Sorcerer, Nightblade, Templar or Dragonknight.

If I could report you for deliberate Misinformation I would.

Almost every single line of your post, OP, is either wrong, misleading or unhelpful.

Most especially your nonsense about the ability to use any Class Skill from any Class. Kind of defeating the point of a "Class", no ... ?

No, that was never an option.

this was never a thing. I think youre the one thats misinformed(no offense).

He probably thinks skills from the duel wielding tree are (rouge) abilities instead of just general weapon abilities, much like destruction staff abilities are (mage) like ones. The fact is no class has EVER been able to take skills from the 3 primary trees of another class.

Yes, TESO is significantly more flexible in regards to classes and hybrids than most games, but if you insist on tanking for my group in light armor and I cannot keep you healed, I will be leaving. I will certainly try if there is good reasoning behind it (heavy CC group, whatever), but I'm not going to blindly ignore game mechanics (i.e., heavy armor provides more damage mitigation than light).

Rift allowed you to have a huge selection on how to play your character and this led to players finding really strong builds which then led to huge swings in class balance as Trion did adjustments. What does ESO have in place to prevents such an outcome?

By "clearing up" the misconceptions, did you mean "create more"?

Uh. These particular bits sound more like ways in which it *does* resemble the standard TES games...

thats a bit harsh albiet true

But you can take mage guild/destruction staff skills.

This is the same person who insisted he was a Nightblade Sorcerer, with both skill lines at his disposal, in a previous thread. Nothing to see here, move along.

Yeah, think you hit the nail on the head. He is confusing "roles" with "classes"

EDIT - I had originally skimmed it, but now that I actually read it, it is factually incorrect. You cannot mix classes, and pretty sure you never could.

I've been trying to tell people around here for months that the class system is very open and not restricting at all. I've played every class as a caster (and my favorite is the DK caster), and seen all of the classes played well as tanks and healers (NB healer is pretty popular). You can be any archetype as any class and anything in between, its great.

And no, you cannot take class skills from one and put them on another, and you never could. Class skills are the only unique skill lines in the game.

Good read, should stay on top for a while.

I think part of the appeal is that, properly built, light armor is just as effective as heavy armor. Naturally some builds lead themselves more towards a "tank" or a "dps" but there's a lot of flexibility therein. A heavy armor tank is likely easier to build and play but a light armor one is at least feasible and that's the sort of flexibility I'm looking forward to.