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<blockquote data-quote="Dualazi" data-source="post: 7710242" data-attributes="member: 6855537"><p>Uh, wow. As others have said, this is quite a bit to parse all at once, so I'm sure there will be a large number of discussions about various individual factors of the classes. In keeping with this, I expect my feedback will be somewhat brief at this time, until I can really sink my teeth into it.</p><p></p><p>One of the first thoughts is that a lot of these seem like they are strongly aided by level dips for proficiencies (avatar, immortal), and are frequently MAD as well. For classes like the Immortal and Soul knife, it makes a lot more sense to me to tuck those as subclasses into fighter and rogue respectively, rather than try once again to make what is essentially a full caster melee friendly. Especially since classes such as soul-knife have means of regenerating their psi points, they wouldn't be as unduly hindered at a slower progression/cap.</p><p></p><p>For a (not)magic class, they get an absurd number of ways to interact with skills, and bypass language requirements by default with telepathy. One of these two areas needs to be lessened, I think.</p><p></p><p>The level 11 feature is emblematic of potential problems with the class as whole; it requires a lot of book-keeping and is highly complex, so for players who haven't really read up on the class ahead of time and know what combos they prefer, it stands a real risk of grinding the table to a halt while the mystic picks and chooses.</p><p></p><p>Wu-jen should have not been included in this as well I think, I always figured they'd be a druid or sorcerer subclass.</p><p></p><p>As an addendum, no, the mantles are not and never will be a warlord replacement, since some have been poking that bear upthread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dualazi, post: 7710242, member: 6855537"] Uh, wow. As others have said, this is quite a bit to parse all at once, so I'm sure there will be a large number of discussions about various individual factors of the classes. In keeping with this, I expect my feedback will be somewhat brief at this time, until I can really sink my teeth into it. One of the first thoughts is that a lot of these seem like they are strongly aided by level dips for proficiencies (avatar, immortal), and are frequently MAD as well. For classes like the Immortal and Soul knife, it makes a lot more sense to me to tuck those as subclasses into fighter and rogue respectively, rather than try once again to make what is essentially a full caster melee friendly. Especially since classes such as soul-knife have means of regenerating their psi points, they wouldn't be as unduly hindered at a slower progression/cap. For a (not)magic class, they get an absurd number of ways to interact with skills, and bypass language requirements by default with telepathy. One of these two areas needs to be lessened, I think. The level 11 feature is emblematic of potential problems with the class as whole; it requires a lot of book-keeping and is highly complex, so for players who haven't really read up on the class ahead of time and know what combos they prefer, it stands a real risk of grinding the table to a halt while the mystic picks and chooses. Wu-jen should have not been included in this as well I think, I always figured they'd be a druid or sorcerer subclass. As an addendum, no, the mantles are not and never will be a warlord replacement, since some have been poking that bear upthread. [/QUOTE]
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