14-05-2014, 06:52 PM
The same could be said for Aventuriers, Halberdiers, and Sentinels as well. Merging these classes is not a solution, it's probably not even necessary and would upset several people who are happy with their legionnaire as is. The primary reason the class feels under-represented, as with the other three mentioned above, is that it is a hybrid. In the majority of runs I assume people reference, the players probably have a solid distribution of classes and each member of each class can effectively contribute as is. The Commando+ players can all shield or slash well, the Sniper+/Sharpshooter+ players can shoot well, the pikemen can throw/poke/slash decently. With each one doing it's role well, the need for cross-class hybrids like the legionnaire is not needed. They are too generalized and lack the raw power that specialized classes contain, meaning that they will always lose out in a matter of efficiency, hence why many tend to shy away from them when attempting to do 10 minute Odin runs or whatever. The issue isn't the class itself, when the need for this kind of generalized skill set they embody arises, they are very useful, the issue is that kind of need is exceedingly rare in the majority of runs cited and the most effective response to that kind of lack of power in an area is to switch to a high damage specialist class on next spawn.
If you wanted them to be more represented then you would have to prevent people from switching characters mid-map, which isn't very enjoyable for anyone. So, legionnaire is fine as a class, it's just unneeded. Nothing would change if you merged classes, except people would complain "Zweihander throwing buff needed" instead of "Legionnaire fix needed". People would go to the new Zwei-hander class for its slashing capabilities, leaving throwing/ranged to pikeman and Sniper/Sharpshooters who excel there. For generalized needs, a pikeman is probably more effective anyways, since healing/toming is powerful enough that lower armor is not a real concern for a pikeman alternating between throwing and slashing.
If you wanted them to be more represented then you would have to prevent people from switching characters mid-map, which isn't very enjoyable for anyone. So, legionnaire is fine as a class, it's just unneeded. Nothing would change if you merged classes, except people would complain "Zweihander throwing buff needed" instead of "Legionnaire fix needed". People would go to the new Zwei-hander class for its slashing capabilities, leaving throwing/ranged to pikeman and Sniper/Sharpshooters who excel there. For generalized needs, a pikeman is probably more effective anyways, since healing/toming is powerful enough that lower armor is not a real concern for a pikeman alternating between throwing and slashing.