Class Tiers

[AllenSam]

The re-release of Rogue Dynasty will be abandoning the "Forum Level" system for classes and races. Now, you can only access higher tier classes by reaching a certain level with a lower tier class and using a special item to upgrade your class. These items will usually be obtained in quests or by defeating bosses (or both). Higher tier class items will be more difficult to obtain, of course.

Also, only certain classes can upgrade to certain other classes. For example, a magic class like white mage cannot upgrade to a knight or other melee based class and vice versa. Here is a list of each class in their respective tier and what classes can upgrade to them:

Tier 1 (Default)
Warrior
Witch/Warlock
Wizard/Sorceress
Scout
Amazon
Barbarian
Thief
Brawler

Tier 2 (Level 10)
The classes in () must be level 10 to upgrade to this class.
Black Mage (Witch/Warlock, Wizard/Sorcereress)
White Mage (Wizard/Sorcereress)
Samurai (Warrior, Amazon, Barbarian)
Lycan (Theif, Brawler)
Vampyre (Warrior, Amazon, Barbarian)
Gunner (Scout)
Jester (Thief)

Tier 3 (Level 15)
The classes in () must be level 15 to upgrade to this class.
Angel (White Mage, Wizard/Sorceress)
Demon (Samurai, Vampyre, Warrior, Amazon, Barbarian)
Pirate (Thief, Gunner, Samurai, Vampyre, Warrior, Amazon, Barbarian)
Ninja (Thief, Lycan, Brawler)
Hunter/ess (Gunner, Scout)
Summoner (White/Black Mage, Wizard/Sorceress, Witch/Warlock)

Tier 4 (Level 20)
The classes in () must be level 20 to upgrade to this class.
Mech (Scout, Gunner, Hunter)
Monk (Lycan, Thief, Brawler, Ninja)
Necromancer (Demon, Summoner, Black Mage, Witch/Warlock,Wizard/Sorcereress)
White Knight(Angel, Warrior, Samurai, Amazon, Barbarian)
Dark Knight (Warrior, Samurai, Amazon, Barbarian, Vampyre, Pirate, Demon)
Dragoon (Warrior, Samurai, Amazon, Barbarian, Vampyre, Pirate, Demon)
Dragon Warrior (Warrior, Samurai, Amazon, Barbarian, Vampyre, Pirate, Demon)


There are also some races and genders that are not available by default. They will be obtained when you upgrade to certain classes:

Upgrading to Vampyre class will changes your race to Undead.

Upgrading to Angel class will change your race to Angelic.

Upgrading to Demon class change your race to Demonic.

Upgrading to Mech Class will change your race to Mech AND your gender to Robo.

Upgrading to Dragon Warrior will change your race to Dragon.

Upgrading to Necromancer will change your race to Void.


Also, it is possible to downgrade your class. For example if you reach level 10 with a Warrior and upgrade to Samurai but you decide you want to go back to Warrior, you can change your class back to Warrior by using the Warrior's class item. However, these items may not be easy to obtain or may cost a lot of gold to buy in the shops, so choose wisely and do not keep changing your class around or you may waste a lot of resources. And remember that if your race or gender is changed as listed above, it will not change back when you downgrade your class. This means it is possible to have a Samurai with Dragon race by downgrading from Dragon Warrior, but you will be stuck with the Dragon Race unless you upgrade again to Demon or Mech. You will not be able to go back to Human race or others that are default. Since Mech is the only class that changes your gender, if you upgrade to Mech, you will be stuck with the Robo gender forever. This makes sense if you think of it "realistically". If you were to give up your human body and change to a robot by transferring your conscience or something, you would be stuck in a robot body and unable to go back to an organic body with male and female genders. But you could still change your fighting style (class) and become a robot samurai, for example, lol.