Offline MMO - sorry guys but this obsession with nerfing balancing classes in a fucking single player game is woefully retarded. Seems there were still some people having fun that needed to be ended.
Listen, and understand. Sawyer is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until everything has been Balanced
™.
Ironically, POE isn't any more 'balanced' than any other RPG of this type.
I'd say it's LESS balanced than BG and NWN 2. Every single class on those games had AT LEAST ONE GIMMICKY build going on for them. PoE's Wizard is just...sad. Sure, he has a couple of good spells (which will soon get nerfed to the ground), but overall the druid just "out-wizard" the Wizard in every possible way. OH, and he also brings STRONG heals to the table AND decent buffs, thus "out-priesting" the priest. Paladin is another sad story: every order is useless, except Wayfarer which is OP as shit with the healspam from kills.
Rubbish. The wizard is excellent - even before 1.05, which makes melee wizards better. As I say, POE isn't particularly 'balanced' any more than other RPGs, but to claim that it has more 'useless classes' than, say, IE games, just means
you haven't worked them out. Whether pre-1.05 or post-, the wizard has some excellent spells (FOF and Adragan remains super-powerful, and Essential Phantom is amazing). People thought Druid was the best back in the first few days, but that's before they realised how wizards can be just as powerful. Nobody tells people 'don't bother with a wizard' if they've tri
Paladin and Priest definitely get the short end of the stick, but both are also able to solo the game on POTD. IE Priests were rarely necessary in parties once you knew what you were doing, either, even when healing was more restricted - and of course there is the Bard. I would like to see both classes improved, but it's a pretty decent effort if monk, rogue, cipher, wizard, druid, barbarian, fighter, chanter all have 'holy shit this guy mows things down' strategies/builds out there.