A few weeks back, MOP’s Justin penned a piece arguing that the Burglar is the least-loved class in Lord of the Rings Online – and also its best-kept secret. While noting that rogues are usually pretty popular in MMOs and that they excel in particular in LOTRO’s exploration content, he suggests that the Burglar has been a little bit left behind in LOTRO in terms of both combat prowess and group desirability.
I’m willing to bet every MMO has a class like this, and I don’t just mean a class at the bottom of the roster (obviously, somebody’s always on the bottom rung). I mean a class that everyone including the devs know needs much more love – the kind of class that the contrarians seek out to play on purpose because it is almost universally understood to be a hot mess.
What’s the least-loved class in your most-loved MMO – and how would you go about fixing it?
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