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<blockquote data-quote="Neuroglyph" data-source="post: 5569935" data-attributes="member: 85633">[MENTION=44380]Malisteen[/MENTION] - Given the amount of material covered in the review of Heroes of Shadow, I chose not to delve too deeply into the class mechanics of every new class, and measure it against the mechanics of every other class.&nbsp; One could devote several articles just to comparing classes in a particular role - I know, I did an article spread on Defenders and it took me three massive blogs to do it!&nbsp; And historically, no class upon release has many options - and certainly the vampire was the worst of show in that category.If your complaint is that I gave the book higher marks than it deserved, well feel free to join that club.&nbsp; Alot of readers will agree with you, and there are alot that won't.&nbsp; It's one of the reasons I specified that as an Essentials book, it works well, and has some neat stuff in it.&nbsp; In hindsight, I'd probably agree with you though, and give it a lower grade when compared to the body of total 4E releases - but again, just like your comments, reviews are all just opinions anyway, and the gaming community will never have total agreement on the topic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neuroglyph, post: 5569935, member: 85633"] [MENTION=44380]Malisteen[/MENTION] - Given the amount of material covered in the review of Heroes of Shadow, I chose not to delve too deeply into the class mechanics of every new class, and measure it against the mechanics of every other class. One could devote several articles just to comparing classes in a particular role - I know, I did an article spread on Defenders and it took me three massive blogs to do it! And historically, no class upon release has many options - and certainly the vampire was the worst of show in that category. If your complaint is that I gave the book higher marks than it deserved, well feel free to join that club. Alot of readers will agree with you, and there are alot that won't. It's one of the reasons I specified that as an Essentials book, it works well, and has some neat stuff in it. In hindsight, I'd probably agree with you though, and give it a lower grade when compared to the body of total 4E releases - but again, just like your comments, reviews are all just opinions anyway, and the gaming community will never have total agreement on the topic. [/QUOTE]

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