The history of classes in The Lord of the Rings Online is as old as LOTRO itself, ranging from the 7 classes of today to the 26 classes of Middle-earth Online to dozens of other class designs in between that were never released to the public. Some lived only in documentation, many others (over 50!) actually were in game, and this doesn't even count the game from even before Turbine had the license!

I say this to demonstrate how important the team feels classes are that we have put so much time into class design and implementation. Classes define who you are and what you can do in this game, and I'm very happy that we have had the time to get them right.