Asheras wrote on Jun 29
th, 2013 at 6:02pm:
Casters have been top of the heap for years.
The wizards will stay at the top of the heap, as due to their INT they will be able to spend points in Spellcraft to further enhance their spellpower where all the other, with their dumped INT at 8 won't be able to
There's a moronic Dev named Vargouille that said that it was a tough choice to make for non Wizards, and that he liked tough choices.
Except that the choice is simple : you either gimp yourself to get 2 to 4 build Stat points to have 2 more skill points to spend on Spellcraft and/or heal or you don't gimp yourself, and you become a second rank spellcaster.
Asheras wrote on Jun 29
th, 2013 at 6:02pm:
Look, it's not perfect. But "fucked" or "not a glimmer of hope"? You are being way too pessimistic and not very realistic given where Clerics are on live currently. This PrE would be an improvement over anything a cleric can do on live today.
I agree with Fucked... I'd even go Fucked up Beyond Repair.
True, the PRE is an improvement in base numbers ( more or less ), I've done the math,
But it still fucks up flexibility due to the retarded
point spent in tree mechanism.
After a few weeks everybody will have exactly the same tree, like in all the WoW Clones.
Add to that the number of clickies, and SLA clickies on an already overloaded in hotbar class, the fact that we are still saddled with the abortion called Protection... And the above Spellcraft/Heal fuckery and you can only come to the conclusion that Clerics ( and Divines ) are still going to be shafted compared to some of the other classes.