I think I'm boring in that all I really want are the 8-11 core classes that existed prior to 3rd Edition D&D. I still don't really care about Monks or Sorcerers or Barbarians or the various Kit classes that were added afterwards if I'm being honest with myself lol.
Comparing the 6 classes currently available in BG3 to the 25 classes available in Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous, I guess I'd prefer the latter, but it does feel like a bit much especially with the subs.
Too many classes or subclasses just waters down the core in my view, and these were already upped from a dozen to like two dozen.
It becomes difficult to tell which of the "old" core classes these "new" core classes are supposed to be based off of, despite being pretty familiar with the basics. Even the spellsets and class ability descriptions become hard to follow, since many of them will use a new sub-class type descriptor to explain what they are. It's also hard parse the difference between Core Classes and Base Classes, Hybrid Classes, Occult Classes, Sub-Classes for each of those. Like they obviously just went a little too ham out of 3e, and kinda blurred all the lines.
In Pathfinder you have to spend a lot of time predicting what the game might offer without knowing for sure, and then prognosticating about what you'll be into way down the line, all before the game even begins. Assuming that everything you're shown at the start is actually implemented and working correctly too, which you know it won't cause it'll probably take a year just to crush the bugs. I guess it's part of the 3.5 inheritance to go this route with class, but they didn't really go out of their way to make it seem simple or new user friendly hehe.
I agree with Topgoon, it would have been much easier to understand what's what if the the Hybrid classes were actually described as such, like A+B (with reference to the traditional core classes of 3rd Ed) so the player could get a better sense of what they're actually choosing. Instead you'll choose say a Hunter, with spells described in terms of an Inquisitor, where both of those are probably unfamiliar to someone who just had like the standard PHB or Pathfinder source book.
