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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7868983" data-attributes="member: 12731">Well, if I'm not in one of those campaigns, I'm being overly punished for choosing actor.I submit it would be better overall if the opportunity cost of Actor was lowered. Even if that makes it a &quot;must buy&quot; or &quot;feat tax&quot; in a very RP heavy campaign.Why? Because in such a campaign mechanical cost is not a major concern.That is, complaints about overpriced options (&quot;traps&quot;) and underpriced options (&quot;must haves&quot;) carry much more weight in campaigns where mechanical concerns are paramount than in campaigns where they are secondary.The cost of any given DPS loss in a combat-heavy campaign is larger than in a combat-light one. The current rules balancing price Actor based on its immense utility in a very RP heavy campaign, but using the metrics of a crunch-heavy campaign. I submit this is faulty thinking -&nbsp; in a very RP heavy campaign, rules and options fade into the background. Balancing them should be done for the opposite case, where they are acutely felt.I hope you can appreciate that I'm not saying one type of campaign is better than others, because I am not thinking that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 7868983, member: 12731"] Well, if I'm [I]not[/I] in one of those campaigns, I'm being overly punished for choosing actor. I submit it would be better overall if the opportunity cost of Actor was lowered. Even if that makes it a "must buy" or "feat tax" in a very RP heavy campaign. Why? [I]Because in such a campaign mechanical cost is not a major concern.[/I] That is, complaints about overpriced options ("traps") and underpriced options ("must haves") carry much more weight in campaigns where mechanical concerns are paramount than in campaigns where they are secondary. The cost of any given DPS loss in a combat-heavy campaign is larger than in a combat-light one. The current rules balancing price Actor based on its immense utility in a very RP heavy campaign, [I]but using the metrics of a crunch-heavy campaign. [/I] I submit this is faulty thinking - in a very RP heavy campaign, rules and options fade into the background. Balancing them should be done for the opposite case, where they are acutely felt. I hope you can appreciate that I'm not saying one type of campaign is better than others, because I am not thinking that. [/QUOTE]

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