Skills System Certification

[Joel]

Sounds like MS-Crap propanganda but well

Did you think my Sub-class system allow enough flexibility in term of game replay value and build variation or do you think a more generic approach of skills will be better ?

[Brother Laz]

I'd use both - main subclasses, and universal skills. That, or make more than 1 path in each subclass.

Druids = torcano, grizzlycano, grizzlygeddon, werewolf, werebear, summoner. That's it. All other possible routes are useless. Note that of these 6 three are because of variations in the elemental tree. (#2 above).

Beware of the pitfalls of making too many similar skills for sorc-style 'lots of offensive skills' chars (causing players to pick one skill over the other not because it plays differently, but because it is the same only better); mix up close range and long range skills, single target and AoE, direct damage and supportive (TS, Blaze), summoning/conversion, and add some defensive skills too (but make them worth something, or your players will ignore them). The other pitfall involves making not enough similar skills in rigidly divided skill trees, locking players into one path only (werewolf druid).