3 Characters?

[Forumguy]

I find 3 characters to be a very small choice out of all the races and units of Middle Earth. Hopefully there will be some class differentiation (Gondor Soldier, Ranger, Woodland Elf, ect.). I understand this is an almost impossible to pursue suggestion but for a game to really be amazing and different it may require a lot of what the fans usually want, and that is variety and great benefits from leveling, completing missions and some miscellaneous things. I am not suggesting make it an Oblivion clone but just keep it so that there is a constant feeling of achievement and a high replay-ability factor and 3 characters doesn't really help that situation.

[HolyTemplarKnight]

Each 3 characters have three skill trees. You can the Ranger a warrior who uses a two handed sword and level him up in his melee skills. You can make him an archer who is skilled in the bow or you can make him a tank who uses a sword and shield. The Dwarf can be leveled up to be an expert in the crossbow, be a defensive tank with a shield or be the aggressive warrior with a two handed weapon who deals AOE damage and the elf can either be given defensive, supportive or offensive powers. You can also make her a melee unit. So there is some customization of the classes.

[Forumguy]

Well that is relieving, thanks.

[DippyDom]

Could you please look at this poll, it brings up some of the issues you just pointed out, and hopefully if we get enough people behind us they might decided to increase the characters, or even the customisation/ gender.


http://www.warinthenorth.com/forums/...hat-you-think!

[HolyTemplarKnight]

The issues were resolved. Each class has enough abilities and skills to allow the player to customize them.

[Duneire]

I don't think you should have anything to worry about! HTK mentioned all the ways that you can adjust each character to your liking, so that's always nice. I know sometimes it's nice to have a completely unique character but having 3 characters means that the story is likely to be better. It will be focused on 3 existing characters, rather than trying to make your unique character blend into a storyline.

Snowblind have given us plenty of options so that we can make the characters suit our style of gameplay. Also, for the replayability factor - it takes more than one play through to reach the maximum level cap; loot gets better on re-runs of the game; there are different difficulty modes; there's a challenge mode (not story-related, probably like a mini-game). All these things will insure that we will be kept entertained for a long time!