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gacameron01
what happened to putting plusses on stuff?

Empowerment is a drawback for clerics
Random is a drawback for shifters
Spamming is a drawback for invokers
Spamming is a drawback for assassins.

Why does allowing people to chose forms make them in the top 3 classes to play? What the hell is wrong with having ENJOYMENT?

Because all the competitive games I like to play have considerable drawbacks associated with different options. Like in Risk, you can go for Australia and get your 2 points a turn and have a really strong defense against attackers... but then you are stuck with your entire army in Australia. That is a serious drawback. What you're suggesting is IMO like someone saying "What happened to my ENJOYMENT of the game of Risk????? WHY CAN'T I DRAW A SHIPPING LINE FROM AUSTRALIA TO NORTH AMERICA?? That would make Australia so much more ENJOYABLE!"

I mean, there are rules to the game that makes all options roughly equally attractive. That aspect is important for competitive games. If you want to change the rules, fine, but you can't get rid of the drawbacks or one option will always be the most desirable and the game gets old, FAST.

I appreciate al the feedback because I think these points of view are interesting, but I can't help feeling that you have no idea what I am talking about which may be an error in my communication.