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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 4778454" data-attributes="member: 707">I'm not seeing your logic here.  Let's take your theoretical example.  The best AoE is 25th, the best single target is 21st, and the best penalty is 29th.  How does this present any sort of false choice?  At 21st, you pick up the best single-target.  If you're focused on single-target damaging spells, then at 25th you swap out one of your lower-level AoE or effect spells for another single-target spell.  That this single-target spell is less powerful than the one you picked up at 21st doesn't make the choice false in any way.  That single-target spell will likely still be more powerful against single-targets than the AoE or effect spell you're trading out.Likewise, if you've picked up the best AoE spell at 25th, then at 29th you can trade out a single-target or effect spell for another AoE spell.  Sure, it might be slightly less powerful than the 25th-level spell, but it's going to do better AoE than the single-target or effect spell you swapped out for it.If anything, balancing it in this way means that players will gain their "bread-and-butter" spells earlier, then expand their repertoire within their chosen specialization afterward.</blockquote>