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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5918478" data-attributes="member: 82106">I agree that things have generally gone uphill in a big way over the course of 4e. Even if you go back and start with PHB1 and MP1 and compare that stuff to PHB2 and then the other Power books. It gets more noticeable with the stuff they've released post-Essentials and even more so since HoS (which was a bit shaky in some areas). I'm not sure I would want to state anything about given specific game elements though. For instance I have a player who's playing an Arcanist right now. Mage is good, but not always the better choice. Actually my own latest wizard build is also an Arcanist. The Mage is nice, but it can be narrow. Tome of Readiness plus some focus on rituals, etc is unbeatable for utility caster for instance. You could definitely build one starting with Mage, but it takes a couple extra feats to get there, though the end result has some minor advantages too. Certainly is pretty clear that WotC has been lavishing a lot of love on wizards in general anyway. PHB1 wizard at low levels was pretty anemic at times.</blockquote>