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<blockquote data-quote="Vaeron" data-source="post: 5247914" data-attributes="member: 3956"><p>I agree... There's nothing in the preview to suggest mages' get the implement mastery feature. So we're seeing that their builds are viewing more and more stuff as 'optional'. Which I imagine could get confusing to those with access to all the source books in the long-run, but if those are the only options provided in the Essentials set it should be easier for newbies to keep a handle on.</p><p></p><p>Is the class system maybe becoming too versatile? I'm hoping they're already prepping the CB for this - the more different combinations of things that are possible the more opportunity for little bugs that only come into play with certain combos.</p><p></p><p>Next excerpt is a fighter build, which sounds like it wears heavier armor and is more defensive than other builds - so will be interesting to see what features it does (and doesn't) have.</p><p></p><p>I have to say, it doesn't seem that Essentials is actually aimed at 'new' players, it's shaping up to be aimed at player's of older editions who didn't like the move away from existing progression models. So, 'old' players, in other words.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vaeron, post: 5247914, member: 3956"] I agree... There's nothing in the preview to suggest mages' get the implement mastery feature. So we're seeing that their builds are viewing more and more stuff as 'optional'. Which I imagine could get confusing to those with access to all the source books in the long-run, but if those are the only options provided in the Essentials set it should be easier for newbies to keep a handle on. Is the class system maybe becoming too versatile? I'm hoping they're already prepping the CB for this - the more different combinations of things that are possible the more opportunity for little bugs that only come into play with certain combos. Next excerpt is a fighter build, which sounds like it wears heavier armor and is more defensive than other builds - so will be interesting to see what features it does (and doesn't) have. I have to say, it doesn't seem that Essentials is actually aimed at 'new' players, it's shaping up to be aimed at player's of older editions who didn't like the move away from existing progression models. So, 'old' players, in other words. [/QUOTE]
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