Origin character class lock?

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Does anyone have more info on this? Do far we have been playing with random characters. But if you choose orgin then is the class locked?

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

You can multiclass.

[Ronin Gamer]

Multiclassing has a decent chance to exist in the game, so you can multiclass at the very least. Some people claim Larain has commented about allowing you to swap origin characters classes, I can't confirm this from anywhere and I don't personally like it myself.
All the characters are largely tied to the classes they start the story as. The class they are is a part of who THEY are.
Gale's whole thing about the goddess of magic and him being a wizard gets a little odd if you swap him into something else. Wyll being tied to a Warlock contract also becomes weird if he's suddenly something else. Elf boy being a rogue makes perfect sense being what he is and his story, same for shadowheart, same for Lae'zel.

For me personally, I wouldn't want a change class system in the game. If it exists, I'd never use it and simply do a multiclassing aspect instead. I'm not saying others can't enjoy it if it exists, but I don't want it and wouldn't be bothered personally if it is never a thing, but again multiclassing will likely be there so you can take them in a different direction after their starting point if you want.

[丂卩ㄖㄖ几ㄚ 丂卂ㄩㄥ]

Multi class seems to be a good option then they can preserve the lore of the orgin characters.

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Shinjitzso of cheese and Hitman

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:

Multiclassing has a decent chance to exist in the game, so you can multiclass at the very least. Some people claim Larain has commented about allowing you to swap origin characters classes, I can't confirm this from anywhere and I don't personally like it myself.
All the characters are largely tied to the classes they start the story as. The class they are is a part of who THEY are.
Gale's whole thing about the goddess of magic and him being a wizard gets a little odd if you swap him into something else. Wyll being tied to a Warlock contract also becomes weird if he's suddenly something else. Elf boy being a rogue makes perfect sense being what he is and his story, same for shadowheart, same for Lae'zel.

For me personally, I wouldn't want a change class system in the game. If it exists, I'd never use it and simply do a multiclassing aspect instead. I'm not saying others can't enjoy it if it exists, but I don't want it and wouldn't be bothered personally if it is never a thing, but again multiclassing will likely be there so you can take them in a different direction after their starting point if you want.

I think it would be nice to leave it open for those who dont have a back story that requires it, like a leazel being a few classes but something like a paladin being locked would make sense, and obviously wyl kinda has to be a warlock, but astarian could also be pretty much anything barring a few calsses. They have mentioned im pretty sure no source that they may be more flexible which may mean just more open to sub classes or perhaps for like shadow heart letting you choose a domain, but that may have also just bin a nod to multiclassing.

I also think it would be a great option to let us choose a backstory and do whatever we want as an option, cuz i might wanna play all the stories but not play the same characters 10 times, letting me turn off knowing full well what ive done and allowing me to play a dwarf warrior (at the very least dwarf warlock) with wylls backstory or whatever wouldnt bother me as an option lol

[Izuzul]

"Can I change the class of the Origin characters when I recruit them?
Not during Early Access, but we are planning to provide that option at launch."

That is a quote from the pinned F.A.Q. Maybe it's a feature that makes the game, maybe not.

[Ronin Gamer]

Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:

Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:

Multiclassing has a decent chance to exist in the game, so you can multiclass at the very least. Some people claim Larain has commented about allowing you to swap origin characters classes, I can't confirm this from anywhere and I don't personally like it myself.
All the characters are largely tied to the classes they start the story as. The class they are is a part of who THEY are.
Gale's whole thing about the goddess of magic and him being a wizard gets a little odd if you swap him into something else. Wyll being tied to a Warlock contract also becomes weird if he's suddenly something else. Elf boy being a rogue makes perfect sense being what he is and his story, same for shadowheart, same for Lae'zel.

For me personally, I wouldn't want a change class system in the game. If it exists, I'd never use it and simply do a multiclassing aspect instead. I'm not saying others can't enjoy it if it exists, but I don't want it and wouldn't be bothered personally if it is never a thing, but again multiclassing will likely be there so you can take them in a different direction after their starting point if you want.

I think it would be nice to leave it open for those who dont have a back story that requires it, like a leazel being a few classes but something like a paladin being locked would make sense, and obviously wyl kinda has to be a warlock, but astarian could also be pretty much anything barring a few calsses. They have mentioned im pretty sure no source that they may be more flexible which may mean just more open to sub classes or perhaps for like shadow heart letting you choose a domain, but that may have also just bin a nod to multiclassing.

I also think it would be a great option to let us choose a backstory and do whatever we want as an option, cuz i might wanna play all the stories but not play the same characters 10 times, letting me turn off knowing full well what ive done and allowing me to play a dwarf warrior (at the very least dwarf warlock) with wylls backstory or whatever wouldnt bother me as an option lol

I'd rather get to know the characters and not play "God" with their lives and choices. It's why I play a create a character over an origin character 9.8 times out of 10. I have little interest controlling the character while not having who they are, their personality, their choices with what's important to them.
We are on a journey together and I want to experience that with who they are and get to know them. If I have agency to alter them, that begins to hurt that for me.

[EricHVela]

Originally posted by Reconciler:

"Can I change the class of the Origin characters when I recruit them?
Not during Early Access, but we are planning to provide that option at launch."

That is a quote from the pinned F.A.Q. Maybe it's a feature that makes the game, maybe not.

This is how they handled Divinity. I kinda expected this here, too.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by Ronin Gamer:

Originally posted by KingOfFriedChicken:

I think it would be nice to leave it open for those who dont have a back story that requires it, like a leazel being a few classes but something like a paladin being locked would make sense, and obviously wyl kinda has to be a warlock, but astarian could also be pretty much anything barring a few calsses. They have mentioned im pretty sure no source that they may be more flexible which may mean just more open to sub classes or perhaps for like shadow heart letting you choose a domain, but that may have also just bin a nod to multiclassing.

I also think it would be a great option to let us choose a backstory and do whatever we want as an option, cuz i might wanna play all the stories but not play the same characters 10 times, letting me turn off knowing full well what ive done and allowing me to play a dwarf warrior (at the very least dwarf warlock) with wylls backstory or whatever wouldnt bother me as an option lol

I'd rather get to know the characters and not play "God" with their lives and choices. It's why I play a create a character over an origin character 9.8 times out of 10. I have little interest controlling the character while not having who they are, their personality, their choices with what's important to them.
We are on a journey together and I want to experience that with who they are and get to know them. If I have agency to alter them, that begins to hurt that for me.

I think it's a nice optional thing they could add, some of us don't care on that level about the story but I do wanna know the story, I just don't care how it's presented to me personally if it's a choice that I made I can't complain. But I won't be upset if they don't add this probably something one could mod in I would bet lol

[Yojo0o]

Originally posted by EricHVela:

Originally posted by Reconciler:

"Can I change the class of the Origin characters when I recruit them?
Not during Early Access, but we are planning to provide that option at launch."

That is a quote from the pinned F.A.Q. Maybe it's a feature that makes the game, maybe not.

This is how they handled Divinity. I kinda expected this here, too.

Though it'll be interesting to see how that sort of mechanical change works with the story. BG3 party members are much more closely associated with their class than DOS2 party members.

Who is Wyll, if not a warlock? Who is Gale, if not a wizard?

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by Yojo0o:

Originally posted by EricHVela:

This is how they handled Divinity. I kinda expected this here, too.

Though it'll be interesting to see how that sort of mechanical change works with the story. BG3 party members are much more closely associated with their class than DOS2 party members.

Who is Wyll, if not a warlock? Who is Gale, if not a wizard?

I'll do you one better, why is Shadowheart, if not bae?

[Quadsword]

Originally posted by Reconciler:

"Can I change the class of the Origin characters when I recruit them?
Not during Early Access, but we are planning to provide that option at launch."

That is a quote from the pinned F.A.Q. Maybe it's a feature that makes the game, maybe not.

That's a little disappointing, if I'm being honest. How does Shadowheart's backstory even make sense if she's not a cleric? How does Wyll's whole character arc work when he's not a warlock?

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Originally posted by Quadsword:

Originally posted by Reconciler:

"Can I change the class of the Origin characters when I recruit them?
Not during Early Access, but we are planning to provide that option at launch."

That is a quote from the pinned F.A.Q. Maybe it's a feature that makes the game, maybe not.

That's a little disappointing, if I'm being honest. How does Shadowheart's backstory even make sense if she's not a cleric? How does Wyll's whole character arc work when he's not a warlock?

It's fine for multiclassing i believe. Why can't you be a warlock and a secondary class? That way the background is preserved for the origin characters shayquan and the shinjitzso.

[RealDealBreaker]

Originally posted by Saul:

That way the background is preserved for the origin characters shayquan and the shinjitzso.

WTF does this even mean? "shayquan and the shinjitzso"??? Just trying to exert your weeb-ness?