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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5490406" data-attributes="member: 82106">I wouldn't say that they DIDN'T say this, nor would I say that they DID say this. It seemed rather unclear to me. They put in a couple letters that seemed to be saying "please emphasize other things besides more content", but letter #2 especially didn't really say "don't ever print more stuff", it was more like please don't continue to give us more of the same. Nor did they actually say they won't put out more of the content these writers are concerned about.I think the 'holes in less popular classes' is a bit of a separate issue from bloat. Personally it seems to me like Seeker in particular isn't so much considered useless or trivial as it is just filling a space in the game that is already very crowded. I liked the Seeker concept, but OTOH there are so many fairly similar options now it seems to me they rather have to pick one or two. Naturally they're more likely to pick the Hunter and the Scout for instance vs the Seeker. Notice too that Runepriest has gotten at least a modicum of support, though again the class occupies a rather crowded part of the game.Honestly I think the real issue is that PHB3 occupies a very awkward place in the game. Psionics has mechanical issues and was always a peripheral part of D&D. Seeker and Runepriest almost seem like they existed to fill out the book. They're interesting ideas, but didn't really provide character archetypes that were in high demand or couldn't exist in existing classes in some form. Hybrids are fairly niche too, mostly interesting to hard core players. Kind of seems like this book was more an exercise in carrying out a plan that had already been basically abandoned. I mean lets consider what would PHB3 have been like if it had been released a year later than it was? A lot different, maybe basically non-existent.</blockquote>

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