EQ2 should have a Beastlord...I don't see why we can't make this possible using custom classes, items, and abilities

Maybe first we have to get the emu working with the basic class, before adding other

Yah, it is definitely possible, although we cannot currently add the class to the character creation screen.

LethalEncounter wrote:Yah, it is definitely possible, although we cannot currently add the class to the character creation screen.

We'll see about that .

I don't understand the infatuation with Beastlords. They were a horrible class that broke EQ1. They were better monks than monks, better shamans than shamans, etc. If you ever see a beastlord class on my server, shoot me

How can you add a class to the character select without "hacking" the client? The only way I can see this happening is if you can change class in-game like EQ2 used to allow in teh beginning. Archetypes and all that cool stuff.

What makes up a class? Spells/combat arts, abilities, and so on. Those are easy to add, and so long as a suitable icon appears for them they even look like they are built-in. However, are some of the strings hard-coded? That is, class 0x04 always maps to "Blah" in the client, and is not transmitted from the server? After all, I see no mapping from character classes to ID codes, but I see ID codes in various packets.
Races are probably impossible.

Yes of course you are right about what makes up the class. I was just thinking of the icons or text. I think we'd always be stuck with Wizard, and cannot be, say, a Sorcerer or simple Magician.
Would be cool tho.

Actually, Sorcerer is still a class in the game, no? Isn't that the base class for wizard and warlock?
We could have a generic Brawler, or Fighter, probably, since while those are no longer used as part of the 1-9, 10-19, 20+ progression the names are still in the client and the codes are reserved for them.

#define COMMONER 0
#define FIGHTER 1
#define WARRIOR 2
#define GUARDIAN 3
#define BERSERKER 4
#define BRAWLER 5
#define MONK 6
#define BRUISER 7
#define CRUSADER 8
#define SHADOWKNIGHT 9
#define PALADIN 10
#define PRIEST 11
#define CLERIC 12
#define TEMPLAR 13
#define INQUISITOR 14
#define DRUID 15
#define WARDEN 16
#define FURY 17
#define SHAMAN 18
#define MYSTIC 19
#define DEFILER 20
#define MAGE 21
#define SORCEROR 22
#define WIZARD 23
#define WARLOCK 24
#define ENCHANTER 25
#define ILLUSIONIST 26
#define COERCER 27
#define SUMMONER 28
#define CONJUROR 29
#define NECROMANCER 30
#define SCOUT 31
#define ROGUE 32
#define SWASHBUCKLER 33
#define BRIGAND 34
#define BARD 35
#define TROUBADOR 36
#define DIRGE 37
#define PREDATOR 38
#define RANGER 39
#define ASSASSIN 40

Yes, sorry. I was just throwing names around for examples. Bad examples...

LethalEncounter wrote:#define COMMONER 0
#define FIGHTER 1
#define WARRIOR 2
#define GUARDIAN 3
#define BERSERKER 4
#define BRAWLER 5
#define MONK 6
#define BRUISER 7
#define CRUSADER 8
#define SHADOWKNIGHT 9
#define PALADIN 10
#define PRIEST 11
#define CLERIC 12
#define TEMPLAR 13
#define INQUISITOR 14
#define DRUID 15
#define WARDEN 16
#define FURY 17
#define SHAMAN 18
#define MYSTIC 19
#define DEFILER 20
#define MAGE 21
#define SORCEROR 22
#define WIZARD 23
#define WARLOCK 24
#define ENCHANTER 25
#define ILLUSIONIST 26
#define COERCER 27
#define SUMMONER 28
#define CONJUROR 29
#define NECROMANCER 30
#define SCOUT 31
#define ROGUE 32
#define SWASHBUCKLER 33
#define BRIGAND 34
#define BARD 35
#define TROUBADOR 36
#define DIRGE 37
#define PREDATOR 38
#define RANGER 39
#define ASSASSIN 40

Does this mean we can change the class names?

ZexisStryfe wrote: Does this mean we can change the class names?

No.

Ah. LE had said last year that class and race names weren't editable, so I was curious as to whether or not that somehow changed.
On a related note, even though it seems like it would be difficult to add an adventuring class (or tradeskill class for that matter) how about a secondary tradeskill class? These classes are basically just based on skills (tinkering and transmuting). Could a new secondary be created?
I was thinking along the lines of implementing the Skinning tradeskill from WoW. Create a "skin" option on the right click menu for corpses (limiting it to animal corpses of course), and use a skill called "Skinning". It never made sense to me as to how you foraged animal pelts out of dens

ZexisStryfe wrote:Ah. LE had said last year that class and race names weren't editable, so I was curious as to whether or not that somehow changed.
On a related note, even though it seems like it would be difficult to add an adventuring class (or tradeskill class for that matter) how about a secondary tradeskill class? These classes are basically just based on skills (tinkering and transmuting). Could a new secondary be created?
I was thinking along the lines of implementing the Skinning tradeskill from WoW. Create a "skin" option on the right click menu for corpses (limiting it to animal corpses of course), and use a skill called "Skinning". It never made sense to me as to how you foraged animal pelts out of dens

Yah, I think that could definitely be a possibility. There is nothing to stop it from being implemented.