Why pick a class that is already occupied by the party members?

[Kn8cK]

I still remember the first time I played the Early Access. I spent an eternity in the character creator and built myself a fighter character. The first party member I meet is a fighter.
Restart game. Try a mage next.
1 hour into the game, I meet the mage party member.
I don't want the same class to be in my team twice, especially since you can only have 4 party members instead of 6, like in literally any other game of this kind ever made.
Why does the game invalidate almost every possible class you could pick for your own character?

[Sonic Titan]

That's a restriction you're placing on your party yourself, you don't need one of everything, or everyone to be different classes.

[solaris32]

In the full game you'll be able to respec yourself and your companions. So don't worry about it.

[Zeon]

Non issue play what you want to, origin characters can be respec'd into whatever you like in full release.

[SerraShaar]

You have sub-class no? So, you can have say 2 rangers but they don't have the same sub-class. One could be an archer Ranger, and the other could be a ranger that has a Dire Wolf and put trap.

Beside there is nothing wrong with having say 2 Clerics. If I learned anything from DOS games is that...you gonna need those companions because the AI will wipe the floor with you if you aren't careful.

[VolcanoSheep]

I just don't care that much honestly. I'm playing what I want and by the time I need decent synergy I will have met enough people to make a balances team.

That said I do wish there was a larger team allowed as I quite like the interactions each character can have and I hate leaving some of them in camp.

[μ]

You can always swap out your party members for other, plenty of choices. No need to restart. Just talk to them and leave them in the camp.

[SerraShaar]

Originally posted by VolcanoSheep:

I just don't care that much honestly. I'm playing what I want and by the time I need decent synergy I will have met enough people to make a balances team.

That said I do wish there was a larger team allowed as I quite like the interactions each character can have and I hate leaving some of them in camp.

You'll probably be able to use a mod for that limit..

[Kn8cK]

Originally posted by solaris32:

In the full game you'll be able to respec yourself and your companions. So don't worry about it.

But aren't the characters written in such a way that they should be a certain class?
Imagine a pious Paladin, who prays to his deity every day to receive their blessing - but in actuality, you have turned the Paladin into a simple fighter.
Wouldn't that take you out of the exp?

[SerraShaar]

Originally posted by Kn8cK:

Originally posted by solaris32:

In the full game you'll be able to respec yourself and your companions. So don't worry about it.

But aren't the characters written in such a way that they should be a certain class?
Imagine a pious Paladin, who prays to his deity every day to receive their blessing - but in actuality, you have turned the Paladin into a simple fighter.
Wouldn't that take you out of the exp?

Hm, not really. They did it back in DOS2, and you could decide what a companion class should be.

You could always leave them as default for roleplay purpose if you want, but they did it in a way so those who wanna switch a companion class can do that.

[Hobocop]

Because two characters who are the same class can be built and played differently.

[Anna]

Me and Karlach will be a strong Barbarian duo

[MarkFranz]

Originally posted by Kn8cK:

I still remember the first time I played the Early Access. I spent an eternity in the character creator and built myself a fighter character. The first party member I meet is a fighter.
Restart game. Try a mage next.
1 hour into the game, I meet the mage party member.
I don't want the same class to be in my team twice, especially since you can only have 4 party members instead of 6, like in literally any other game of this kind ever made.
Why does the game invalidate almost every possible class you could pick for your own character?

Because if someone have that class, doesn't mean you can't have it. It's insanity really to think that party can't have two fighter, two mages, or any given classes ratio where there more than one person with certain class.

[Zeon]

If you really must have your cake & eat it too just play a monk, bard or sorcerer no other origin/companion characters share those classes AFAIK. Again self imposed restrictions all around, just play what interests you.

[Bisexual Offender]

That`s literally on you. Want to play 2 wizards? Go ahead.
Want to paly one wizard? Kick Gale from party.
Game does not stop you at all.

This is basically that meme where guy puts a stick into his wheel, falls and blames something else.

[Runic Tunic]

Like others said, you can respec them in full release. But you may not need to anyway. Having more of the same class can be quite helpful. And depending on your subclass, it can drastically shift what roles you fill.

So I wouldn't worry about what your companions are. Just play what you enjoy. I'm going barbarian/monk even though we already have a barbarian (Two barbarians can throw each other, making raging very fun). And in another run I'll likely do a druid, warlock, or a bard, even though most of those are already taken. It's whatever cus I'll fill different rolls than them.