Do we have any idea if SE has plans to rebalance classes in the near future?

[kataly]

There are a sizeable number of people at 50 and the general consensus seems to be that ranged are a bit OP and/or melee is a bit UP, and WAR pales to PLD as tanks.

The details of both of those statements invite an exhaustive list of complaints and perspectives, but for the sake of brevity, do we have ANY idea that SE is actually aware of its own terrible job at class design/balance/tuning?

This is not even getting into the terrible oddities in some of the crafting classes... (i.e. Alchemists need 1200+ Tomes of Philosophy for 3 Hi-Elixirs that can be bought from the marketplace for a few thousand gil because they are apparently normal drops for any random adventurer going through story dungeons...)

[xyaie]

being as to how its an MMO, i'd imagine that once the gamebreaking stuff is fixed, top priority will be the ongoing effort to balance classes.

[Shisou]

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As to the first part of your question, I have no idea. The second part, however, is more a temporary issue with the Market rather than a problem with the Class itself. I played WoW Beta and Vanilla back in the day (real Warlocks wear Leather pants), and the Market now reminds me of the early days of the Auction House.

Less than a month from Launch, the Market isn't going to be stable yet. There's the glut of income and items as people run through the Story. This is going to dry up as fewer people are doing that content, leading to increased prices for those items as supply wanes. At that point, the ability to produce these types of items is going to drastically increase in worth. I guess what I'm saying is that you should probably take a long view on the Market, as any good investment manager will tell you irl.

[Shisou]

This also applies to class balance. In the early days of any MMO balance is really weird. SE isn't horrible about it, that's just the nature of the beast. Be patient, offer constructive criticism and suggestions, and hope for the best. Keep your chin up, things will get better... even if you don't get the immediate gratification that you (and many other people) seem to expect.

Also, 1000 character limit is weird.