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<blockquote data-quote="Mapache" data-source="post: 5445979" data-attributes="member: 64751">I have one in LFR who's fun to play.&nbsp; They could make do with more power selections, but the ones they have are pretty decent.&nbsp; The Rune feats are pretty much a trap, though, in that most of them suck.&nbsp; Fortunately, there's enough high-quality generic feats these days that you can do just fine without them.As far as actual play, I find the class to be quite effective.&nbsp; They're a serious force multiplier for the party, handing out attack and damage bonuses left and right.&nbsp; Tracking all these ever-changing bonuses for all your party members can be fiddly and you have to make sure they remember them, but I don't mind, as I thrive on complexity.&nbsp; Rune of Protection might as well not exist, though, as the bonus from and nearly all the riders from Rune of Destruction are so much better.&nbsp; They have less healing than some other leaders like Clerics, but they still have enough, and you can supplement it with your picks of powers.&nbsp; For reference, I played an LFR module last week with my Runepriest as the only Leader in a party of five, and didn't even need to spend a single healing power of any sort (which was kinda sad, as they buff our damage even more).Flavor-wise, they're rather different from Clerics, focusing on secret knowledge of the workings of the world over divine revelation, and definitely so mechanics-wise.&nbsp; It's pretty clear they were designed as a Sohei class and reassigned after WotC rightly decided that &quot;Power Source: Asia&quot; was dumb.&nbsp; Under the new Essentials idea of variant builds, though, I think they could have worked as a type of Cleric with a completely different set of class features from PHB1 Clerics, but access to the common powers and feats, which would allow them to be fully &quot;supported&quot; without any further from WotC.&nbsp; Simplifying them into a melee basic + riders class, though, would kill what currently makes them interesting (which, admittedly, may broaden their appeal, but not to me).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mapache, post: 5445979, member: 64751"] I have one in LFR who's fun to play. They could make do with more power selections, but the ones they have are pretty decent. The Rune feats are pretty much a trap, though, in that most of them suck. Fortunately, there's enough high-quality generic feats these days that you can do just fine without them. As far as actual play, I find the class to be quite effective. They're a serious force multiplier for the party, handing out attack and damage bonuses left and right. Tracking all these ever-changing bonuses for all your party members can be fiddly and you have to make sure they remember them, but I don't mind, as I thrive on complexity. Rune of Protection might as well not exist, though, as the bonus from and nearly all the riders from Rune of Destruction are so much better. They have less healing than some other leaders like Clerics, but they still have enough, and you can supplement it with your picks of powers. For reference, I played an LFR module last week with my Runepriest as the only Leader in a party of five, and didn't even need to spend a single healing power of any sort (which was kinda sad, as they buff our damage even more). Flavor-wise, they're rather different from Clerics, focusing on secret knowledge of the workings of the world over divine revelation, and definitely so mechanics-wise. It's pretty clear they were designed as a Sohei class and reassigned after WotC rightly decided that "Power Source: Asia" was dumb. Under the new Essentials idea of variant builds, though, I think they could have worked as a type of Cleric with a completely different set of class features from PHB1 Clerics, but access to the common powers and feats, which would allow them to be fully "supported" without any further from WotC. Simplifying them into a melee basic + riders class, though, would kill what currently makes them interesting (which, admittedly, may broaden their appeal, but not to me). [/QUOTE]

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