Make SoD special

GreenWarlock

I'm going to make a plea to deliver /less/ in the patch. Specifically, take the shaman class out for release (although clearly play testing now is useful) so that M'khiin remains a special NPC when you first meet her, rather than an underwhelming also-ran, when the PC happens to be a higher level shaman with multiple 19+-stats from the first game.

Release the kit in Patch 2.1, when we have all (hopefully!) have had a chance to play SoD on our relevant platforms, not just the PC.

(This may be an unpopular opinion )

Flashburn

There's nothing wrong with letting the PC be a new class as well as an NPC (see: Dorn, Rasaad). Even if that did happen, it would just get modded in anyway (looking at you, Priest of Tyr).

TheArtisan

There's also the fact that some people might not want to play SoD immediately or at all but still want the experience of a new class. Got to consider that too.

GreenWarlock

@Artemius_I I am not advocating never making the shaman available as a PC, simply preserving some of the mystique for the initial release. Players prepared to play mods already have a wide variety of classes and game-changes available to them, so naturally would expect to find this in a modded game. However, assuming players don't routinely reach outside the box, making the Shaman a special feature of SoD for the first 3-6 months would not be a bad thing (from my perspective).

Rolling it out /ahead/ /of/ SoD in free patches to the regular games is mighty generous in my book. (Not that generosity is a bad thing!)

Dee

I feel pretty confident in saying that M'khiin will still feel pretty unique, even if the player happens to also be a Shaman. There's more to that little goblin than meets the eye.