[By Shadex]Help for All Specialists
Posted this on the Bellato Spec Forum originally but I get the feeling it never saw the light of day. The rapidly dying number of Specs I figure. Also this pertains to the Specs of all three races.
So, with all the new information coming down the grapevine from the east regarding pending and possible changes to our game I thought I would bring this one into the spotlight. Word is that at some point all classes may gain access to the Expert tier of Force spells and skills. Elite and Master would remain the sole arena of their specific classes but it would give other classes additional options. So... here is why I bring this up. I like the idea but honestly think it should only be done for the Specialists of all three races. I am not looking for a buff my MAU driver thread. I think this would be a change that would be in the best interest of a rather underutilized class for all three races. Specialists are really rare unless you are Bellato. We only have a lot because people want to drive big robots.
I am beginning to see where I believe the designers wanted the Spec to sit in the royal scheme of things. We are the middle of the road class, the bards. Not especially good at anything but we do it all. Our combat abilities are all pretty even and stay that way through our development. We can shoot a gun if needed or pick up a sword and shield and take a few hits. As I have leveled my ranger and warrior chars I notice that they have areas that fall behind us as well as their natural skills that obviously sprint out ahead. So here is how I see it.
Melee
Warrior>Specialist>Ranger
Ranged
Ranger>Specialist>Warrior
The only area that this model is not followed is in the Force skills. We all get to go up to 99 and we all are restricted to the basics. So here would be my proposal. Open just the Expert line of Force powers to the Specialists of all three races. Give them a little boost in the magic arena. This would place us solidly where I think the class should.
Force
Spiritualists>Specialist>Rangers/Warriors
Now, understandably so the Accretian Specs will want to know, well what about us? We don't use Force. An excellent question. Why not give the Accretian Specs access to all the Expert Melee/Ranged skills? They are truly more militaristic than the other two so it makes sense. So the Cora and Bellato Specs get the Expert Force skills and the Accretians get the Expert Melee/Ranged skills. The Elite and Master remain for the true classes to use but each race's Specs get a little boost.
So there it is. Now this is just an idea and I am not saying it has to be this way. Also this would benefit all three races so before all the OMGWTFBBQ!!1!!11 posts start let's please try and keep this civil and in the best interest of saving the game we love.
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