I always hoped for an "eastern" themed expansion from EQ.
Not with necessarily new classes but sub classes.
How Natural would Warriors (Would personally say Mongol type Warrior
SKs (Ronin) and Pallys (Strict Bushido Samurai) be Samuri sub classes.
Rogues into Ninja type subclass
Monks.. cmon monks? Could it be a more fitting match?
Japanese had bard called hoshi (BEE-wuh HO-shee) or "lute Priests"
here is a nice link about Chinese magic
http://saturn.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/~bencao/0309.htm
Mudang is a Korean Shaman who used Runes and Curses and healing...
Rangers could also draw from Korea being Hwarang, Warriors who used swords, but focused mostly on Archery
Fangshu is the Chinese magic use to preserve the Body and Health. Aka Clerics
Druids would fit into the japanese form of Onmydo
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In onmyodo philosophy there was no particular concern with (or belief in) life after death. It's primary focus was on the identification and avoidance of troubles and disharmonies in the here-and-now. Through an understanding of the natural laws of the universe, and through the application of ritualistic practice based on yin-yang/five-element theory, onmyodo sought to bring order to a world perceived as being, in the main, completely chaotic.
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Beastlords? Damn.. no idea.