New XP system = class system in disguise?

[towerwarlock]

How many of you remember the old Hero Quest video games? Especially SO you want to be a hero? You started out as either a Fighter, Wizards, or Thief. Yet you could learn skills and abilities from each of them. As a wizard I was skilled at stealing like a thief and wielding a sword and such like a fighter. I was easy to practice the various skills. As for letting the GM determine what skills are getting the needed skill checks, hey if I used it or can claim a reasonable excuse I am using the check for the skill. It is after all my character not the GM's character.

 

[H]

or if it really gets your goat, let people continue to advance like in previous runequest. you are the GM after all. let them tick skills and grow as they used too.