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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 5695951" data-attributes="member: 56189">Nah, I meant that, like the swordmage, the core concept of the class never feels properly defined and so the base abilities don't quite work as well as they should. It has all the 'right' defender abilities, a mark mechanic, a punishing mechanic, etc. and yet it's as if the class was built a bit like a Lego construct from a dozen different Lego sets so that the completed whole is a mismatch.This is how I feel when I see this class. It's got all the right parts but none of them form a cohesive whole. I don't get the sense of it being anything more than a hodge-podge of thrown together elements to fulfil the overall brief. There are no interesting or unique mechanics, no readily identifiable class elements that stand out as, "I am an Abjurer!"Is it an arcane ranged defender? Sure, but is it an Abjurer? No.I don't say any of this to be mean. I really do dig the concept. I just feel that it needs a much more in-depth approach and a much more clearly defined conceptualisation of the core idea and a more readily identifiable and unique set of mechanics for the concept to really shine.</blockquote>