Quote Originally Posted by Tlachtga View Post
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Right... Let's get from the start. People ignore and break the rules all the time. Actually giving them extra reasons for elitism or discrimination against others is a bad idea. And the disparity between naturally low level players and "scaled down" ones will be huge. If there's one thing constant about MMO players is that they tend to hold meta in way too high of regard.

The other thing you bring is well... Yeah there are gaps in low level combat although as a low end BLM I actually enjoy my kit even though I'm definitely not having Umbral Soul yet. The thing you bring is about progression and sorry to say that but you can't front load the class too much or else the later levels won't feel as good. They need to fill the later levels somehow.