Souls and Factions

[Inixia]

When the game first started I remember there was some hints that souls would have different factions assigned to them. Obviously, this policy was reversed allowing players to pick and choose which soul combinations they were comfortable with and avoiding probable balance issues.

I'm curious though, does anyone remember or have a list of how each of the souls were going to be assigned?

[Zarak]

I think I know what you mean...

If you go and read the Riftstalker lore page, you'll see clearly that the first riftstalker hero was Anan Mkhai.
If you aren't aware, Anan's father was the Eth that the Mkhai tribe was named for (who happened to be the most genius of the tribes when it came to planar manipulation).

I immediately thought to myself, "Hmm, shouldn't Riftstalker be a Defiant/Eth only type class?"
Obviously, I'm glad it's not. My Riftstalker is a guardian mathosian, and I didn't know about that lore when creating him anyway.

Still, I'm pretty sure RS was going to be a Defiant only at some point when the lore was created...

[tro44]

When the game first started I remember there was some hints that souls would have different factions assigned to them. Obviously, this policy was reversed allowing players to pick and choose which soul combinations they were comfortable with and avoiding probable balance issues.

I'm curious though, does anyone remember or have a list of how each of the souls were going to be assigned?

Paladin was a Guardian Soul
and Reaver was a Defiant soul.

you could gain both, but these you started with for your faction.