User blog comment:Draevan13/Why the Elder Scrolls ISN'T being dumbed down...much./@comment-6573099-20130409030851/@comment-184.21.81.131-20130411045129

I honestly don't miss the whole class system too much. I did enjoy getting bonuses to start out with depending on which class I chose, but I don't feel like the lack of it takes away from the RPG experience at all. In fact, if nothing else, I feel like it increases it. Without the class system, the game leaves it up to the players own imagination to RP. Yeah, you can choose to just max out everything and be the unstoppable Dragonborn, but you can also choose to avoid any magic use, be a Heavy Armor wearing archer, or any combination. In Oblivion, the game somewhat forced you to role play, making you choose a class from the start and having to start completely over if you decide you aren't too happy with the class you created.

I would like to see a return to the class system in a small way, but not how it was in previous games. I just enjoy the freedom Skyrim allows in letting me continue to shape my character as I play along the game. Also, the new patch with the Legendary skills is going to be a huge help in this, as it will allow us to get up to higher levels without having to start leveling skills that we feel don't fit the whatever character we might be role playing as.