Ability progression

[Sadrik]

What is everyones best guess something like this? Also, do you think that every class will have the same progression?

1. Talent/Ability
2. Feat/Racial Feat
3. Talent/Ability
4. Feat/Racial Feat
5. Talent/Ability
6. Feat/Racial Feat
7. Talent/Ability
8. Feat/Racial Feat
9. Talent/Ability
10. Feat/Racial Feat

 

[Knight Otu]

I suspect that the main pattern will be bonus feat->set of powers->bonus feat, with some variance regarding fixed bonus feats or fixed powers. So a wizard would get his first few spells, rituals, and implement powers at first level, then a bonus feat, and then the next few spells. I do not think that racial benefits will be built into classes the way you proposed. Rather, such racial abilities will either be feats that every member of the race can take (like the elven precision feat), or racial class powers, that only members of that race and class can take (like the friend of the earth power that was mentioned for dwarf fighters).

 

[ZombieRoboNinja]

I'm guessing:
First level: One Feat, one Talent, and various class abilities and powers
Even levels: Feat (General, Racial, Class Training or Paragon Path)
Odd levels: Class-specific Talent
Various levels (no universal pattern): Class-specific Powers and special abilities

I got the Feat stuff mostly from R&C, and I think Talents will be kinda like SWSE: class-specific feat trees. But this still leaves other random class abilities (like trapfinding), and of course the daily, at-will, and per-encounter Powers that every class gets. We know, for example, that a wizard can start out with one daily, one encounter, and two at-will powers.

I'm guessing that the Powers and class abilities won't map so neatly onto even or odd levels, although they'll probably be a bit frontloaded at first level and somewhat evenly distributed after that.