Forum:Fates Classes

With the recent influx of Fire Emblem: Fates info, I've noticed that a lot of new classes tend to follow a trend, that is, they tend to be "recurring class, but with a redesign and rename to fit the motif of their new faction". Now, here's the problem: Does that actually count as a new class? Should we consider these "new" classes just a game specific rename of the class it's based on? Me and my fiancee spoke of it a bit, and I'm leaning towards "no, they are the same class unless the base class exists separately in Fates (ala the Bow Fighter/Archer split)" From what I've seen, here is what we got to work with: So yeah, we got our fair share of bonafide new classes, but we also got a lot of pretty blatantly reskins (or just renames even) too. 15-16 at my count. At most, we have several previously gender locked classes, like Fighter, Pegasus Knight, and Troubadour, being made gender neutral, but is that worth a split over?--Otherarrow (talk) 04:21, June 19, 2015 (UTC)
 * Samurai = Myrmidon
 * Trueblade = Swordmaster (ow, this is Bow Knight all over again)
 * Weapon Master = New class
 * Oni Savage = Barbarian?
 * Shura = New class (Axe/Magic)
 * Blacksmith = New class, Hero-based? (Axe/Sword, promotion of Oni)
 * Lancer = Soldier
 * Holy Lancer = Halberdier
 * Spellcaster = Mage
 * Basara = New class (Lance/Magic)
 * Exorcist = Sage (Magic/Staff)
 * Priest(ess) = Priest/Cleric (...it's already Priest, after all)
 * Mountain Priest = New class (Lance/Staff)
 * War Priestess = New class (Bow/Staff)
 * Pegasus Warrior = Pegasus Knight
 * Falcon Warrior = Falcon Knight
 * Golden-Kite Warrior = New class (Lance/Bow)
 * Bowman = Archer
 * Holy Bowman = Sniper
 * Ninja = New class
 * Elite Ninja = New class
 * Puppeteer = New class
 * Fox Spirit = New class (Taguel equivalent?)
 * Nine Tailed Fox = New class
 * Brave Hero = Hero (Sword/Axe)
 * Revenant Knight = New class (Axe/Tome, wyvern replacement for Dark Flier?)
 * Adventurer = Trickster? (Bow/Staff, remember, Thieves are Bow units now)
 * Garou = New class (Other Taguel equivalent?)
 * Managarm = New class
 * Rod Knight = Troubadour
 * Strategist = Valkyrie
 * Maid/Butler = New class(es)
 * Nohr Prince/ess) = New class (Lord)
 * Dark Blood = New class (Nohr Lord promote)
 * White Blood = New class (Hoshido Lord promote)
 * Songstess = New class