Flav wrote on Aug 15
th, 2013 at 5:27pm:
Just avoid Cleric... unless you like being the Raid Hjealbot. ( despite the nice Spellcaster tree, there's not many options left to clerics )
Just avoid Sorceror... Charisma based will just let you be a second class spellcaster compared to Int Based, as you won't get spellpower from Spellcraft.
Just avoid Ranger, Paladin and Bard... they were already shafted, but soon they will be shafted so hard that they are all going to feel the butthurt.
I can't tell for Artificer, but they probably manage to survive better than other.
My Arti is better off come monday.
With the exception of FvS (cuz, really, fuck Divines. Turbine's a bunch of atheists!
), All the P2P Classes got a lot better. Druid is about the same, slight buff. Monks got a lot better, because Lord knows they needed it.
Arti got better, though not as good as monks (guess they're not allowed to be as good as the Boss's pet class).
And the weaker classes got a lot weaker. Pally (Turbine will always triumph over Paladins, because Good is Dumb.) and Bard (If anyone's stupid enough to make a pure Bard, there's not enough shit to buy and not end up with Song of Arcane Might, Enthrall, and Inspire Recklessness. All 3 prestiges are now the base class!
) I think Ranger actually comes out ahead on this pass; Dex for Dmg helps them alot and no longer makes Dex the Newb Trap it used to be. It also adds the requisite Drizzt Knob Slobbering for making Scimmies light weapons. Go Forgotten Realms!
Turbine got sick of the "hired from Zynga" mantra and has moved on to the cellphone pokemon CCG business model, where the only thing worth playing is what you pay for.