Game News Baldur's Gate 3 Community Update #8: Character Creation

[Tuco Benedicto Pacifico]

They already said more than once that they still are not sure of how many classes and subclasses the final game will support, but that there will definitely be a lot more in the final game.
Possibly even all of them, in the end.

 

[deuxhero]

Even with all the options implemented, the customization will still be ultra bare-bones. Someone should mod something like Spheres of Might (currently has a playtest beta for a 5E port, should be finished by the time this leaves EA) into this and Solasta so there's actual build variety.

 

[Jasede]

It's definitely... Pretty dang simple. 5th edition is nice for big groups and pen and paper because fights move fast and there's not a ton of looking up, but it's not crunchy like 3.5 was.

Still more customization than BG 1 and 2, though, a lot more.

 

[NJClaw]

Just standard 5th edition. A rogue can become an assassin or scout or mastermind or thief specialization at level 3; a cleric has rather different abilities depending on his domain (Grave clerics can stop critical hits, war clerics can melee well, etc.)
Paladins get to pick from a few oaths that are pretty cool. Oath of Vengeance for nice dps, for example. Every class gets a "subclass" or specialization in some way, just some pick it at 1 and others at 3.

Basically like the AD&D kits, except sometimes you pick them at level 1 and for other classes you specialize at level 3.

Only having 2 subclasses for the only 6 classes is pretty terrible though. There's so many cool subclasses, like 5 for each class in 5th edition, if not more. Dlc bait I guess.

Yeah, I know how subclasses work. I just started Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (the best module so far, in my opinion).

I just don't understand if they are subtly implying that not all classes will have subclasses in BG3.