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<blockquote data-quote="LcKedovan" data-source="post: 1929285" data-attributes="member: 1576"><p>Hi James,</p><p></p><p>I'm just curious which classes you think players won't take? The beauty of Traveller (and T20) is that regardless what level, how powerful, or what class you are there are chances for everyone to shine. Have you played? I think you may be judging the game on a D&D scale when you rate the character classes solely on BAB and saves... if you have played the game (with a half decent referee at least) you should find that for the most part those attributes are not as hugely important as D&D which in a lot of cases is more hack n slash by default. </p><p></p><p>Of course, as you mention, in a Merc or Military campaign you are less likely to find Scientists etc. (Although they still often turn out to be balanced and a fun RPG challenge in such a campaign) since the focus of that campaign benefits more military classes, but that does not mean the other classes are useless as a result.</p><p></p><p>As for the accounting bit as Falkayn mentioned he has a spreadsheet and it rocks, so I encourage people to use it, report any bugs and offer any improvement suggestions!</p><p></p><p>-Will</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LcKedovan, post: 1929285, member: 1576"] Hi James, I'm just curious which classes you think players won't take? The beauty of Traveller (and T20) is that regardless what level, how powerful, or what class you are there are chances for everyone to shine. Have you played? I think you may be judging the game on a D&D scale when you rate the character classes solely on BAB and saves... if you have played the game (with a half decent referee at least) you should find that for the most part those attributes are not as hugely important as D&D which in a lot of cases is more hack n slash by default. Of course, as you mention, in a Merc or Military campaign you are less likely to find Scientists etc. (Although they still often turn out to be balanced and a fun RPG challenge in such a campaign) since the focus of that campaign benefits more military classes, but that does not mean the other classes are useless as a result. As for the accounting bit as Falkayn mentioned he has a spreadsheet and it rocks, so I encourage people to use it, report any bugs and offer any improvement suggestions! -Will [/QUOTE]
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