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<blockquote data-quote="Mordhau" data-source="post: 8589247" data-attributes="member: 7032137">If there's one thing you can say for these decisions it's that they're market tested.&nbsp; The sheer conservatism of everything they do is paramount.&nbsp; If they do this it will be because they get positive feedback*. It's interesting that they've been trying various ways to thread this needle for a long time.&nbsp; First they tried out prestige classes, but obviously that didn't take, then they tried out subclasses that weren't linked to classes and that didn't take either.&nbsp; So now they are repackaging the same basic idea as feat chains and seeing how their audience reacts.*At some point I think they will discover that they have followed the most engaged part of their audience down a cul de sac, and lost a part of their less engaged audience, but that's probably years away and right now they get lots of good will and positive press and have no real competitor anwyay.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mordhau, post: 8589247, member: 7032137"] If there's one thing you can say for these decisions it's that they're market tested. The sheer conservatism of everything they do is paramount. If they do this it will be because they get positive feedback*. It's interesting that they've been trying various ways to thread this needle for a long time. First they tried out prestige classes, but obviously that didn't take, then they tried out subclasses that weren't linked to classes and that didn't take either. So now they are repackaging the same basic idea as feat chains and seeing how their audience reacts. *At some point I think they will discover that they have followed the most engaged part of their audience down a cul de sac, and lost a part of their less engaged audience, but that's probably years away and right now they get lots of good will and positive press and have no real competitor anwyay. [/QUOTE]

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