Progression & Class Divergence in MMOs
Channel: The Helvaen
Date: 2021-05-13

Progression of a character gives players the ability to interact with an MMO’s world in certain ways. It defines your character. It sets the tone of your playstyle. The premise for progression is almost the same in every MMO: when you start your adventure, you need to set yourself up in the game’s world. However, in this use of progression, systems can work for or against the player. Classes, or your characters archetype, can be troublesome for this very reason. Much like committing to a specific college degree program or job in the workforce without having real life experience to shape an opinion, picking a class during character creation can cause this same friction and even work against the player without realizing it.

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