Mentalist Circle

[zhelas]

From the officials:

Considering the fact that we won't be granting access to the circle to Empaths, a profession originally slated for it, it's doubtful we would grant another profession access with no basis other than listing a few pitfalls of said profession (as if other professions do not have their own list).

GameMaster Estild
Cleric/Empath Team


This pretty much hammers down what what we have said all along. Empaths are spiritualist. Not the Hybrid.

[Nilandia]

Actually, empaths are hybrids, but the mentalism appears in the profession circle. It's most easily seen in the mental lores and mana controls that impact the various spells.

Gretchen

[Danical]

Actually, empaths are hybrids, but the mentalism appears in the profession circle. It's most easily seen in the mental lores and mana controls that impact the various spells.

Gretchen

I think Zhelas is alluding to the notion that Sorcs are "hybrids" in the fact that they suffer a "hybrid" CS penalty to their professional circle that no other profession has to deal with.

or something.

Balancing MnM for empaths would be a real bitch too as well as the fact that they'd bitch for losing 40 AS to their bolting.

However, with that being said, they do have more of a mental presence in their professional circle than spiritual.

[Nilandia]

Hm. Good point. If that is the case, then I can agree. To be honest, I was looking forward to getting the minor mental circle, but it does seem like they would need to balance it between too many classes to make it feasible.

Gretchen

[Fallen]

Empaths are hybrids in name only. Having a few lore tie-ins is just a cop-out. Hell, Strathspey came out and said it. The other GMs came to the rescue and shouted him down, but whatever.

[zhelas]

I think Zhelas is alluding to the notion that Sorcs are "hybrids" in the fact that they suffer a "hybrid" CS penalty to their professional circle that no other profession has to deal with.

or something.

Balancing MnM for empaths would be a real bitch too as well as the fact that they'd bitch for losing 40 AS to their bolting.

However, with that being said, they do have more of a mental presence in their professional circle than spiritual.

Yep

[Donquix]

Which was a dumb, lazy cop out, and screws up the logical layout of the pure/semi professions. (1 for pure for each sphere, 1 semi from each sphere, 1 hybrid with every combination of 2 spheres)

Of course they screwed it up further by making monks "squares" as well.

[zhelas]

Of course they screwed it up further by making monks "squares" as well.

but but but.....

Monks are more magical squares...which are what.... semis

/sarcasm

There is no clear plan on the professions.

[Danical]

I would rather have monks be squares; we don't need another semi and we only have 2 squares.

[Latrinsorm]

Plus it would give certain rogue players more to bitch about. "We're squares too, why can't we [catch arrows]/[3x PF]/[do a shoryuken]????"

[Donquix]

I would rather have monks be squares; we don't need another semi and we only have 2 squares.

But there's only so much you can do while remaining "square" like. You got your sneaky/fast type and your brute force/powerful type, and you can can blur those lines and fine tune through your training plan and CML options.

I think of "square" the same way i think of spell circles, it's just an influence of power. Elemental, spirtual, mental, physical...in that regard, "square" has the most options of anything because of semis.

ahhh well

[Bhuryn]

Plus it would give certain rogue players more to bitch about. "We're squares too, why can't we [catch arrows]/[3x PF]/[do a shoryuken]????"

Are you trying to make Gren's head explode?