Leaks about game direction and pre-alpha (combat and design spoilers)

Grey Warden Guardian seemed to be a subclass of the Warrior archetype, also includes Lords of Fortune Berserker and The Mourn Watch Reaper (magic based I think).

Does this DA fan have some solid facts which could made this speculation more believable?

It will be curious if this is the only 'three' factions we get. That we won't get a Crow rogue but then a Grey Warden rogue a Lord of Fortune Rogue and a Mourn Watch Rogue and then the same goes for the mages.

Which will be interesting but it does fit. And as Grog said this could easily be a multiplayer hold over, and indeed that is a feeling I got from the BTS photo and with the comment 'unless' being made.

Its also something I was predicting as a solution to the problem they have had with classes in the game from the beginning since, again, I've always been a little critical of how BioWare has handled the whole Rogue/ mage/ warrior dynamic...but instead of generalizing and going classless or eliminating classes they add onto them. On the one hand I do like mixing and matching abilities and I don't think the replayabiluity argument is a compelling one given how many people don't tend to finish these games a first time let alone...9? but on the other it does help define things, probably, and it would really eliminate the issue with having dozens of abilities but only being able to chose 4 or 5 of them. (Still probably more).

Though it would also make sense that if they have a few common abilities that all rogues and mages and whatever can access but this is just spit balling if true.

Either way IF true there is some promise here and since this is a new system I have little to no experience with I am eager to see how BioWare does it.

The Mourn Watch being an option is interesting...

I'd say that improves the odds of visiting the Grand Necropolis.

Like its weird though. Grey Wardens as a warrior archetype makes perfect sense so then nine sub classes (or more?) and then each one of them belongs to a different faction and then they all make sense. But Lords of Fortune seems like a good jack of all trades organization, like they could be any class which is the whole point, despite Lacklon being a warrior, but then the Mourn Watch does seem perfect for a mage background so that suggests we will just get these three factions repeated throughout the classes.

I just hope to get a good bow option?

Of course then there is the whole Veil Jumper thing that seems primed to be a specialization of some sort but then where would it be?

Yeah, those 3 factions certainly feel like they'll cross all the classes. If they didn't, I have a feeling there'd be some griping (Why can't I be a Warden Mage??)

There'll undoubtedly be a number of cool factions we won't be able to join. Remember the Veilfire Archer tease way back when? Although this (and Veil Jumper) could be Skill Trees.