What I would like to see from the Artificer pass

[thunir]

All this is obviously been discussed but I wanted to throw my 2 cents in

First off Construct Essence to Construct Exemplar Should be a 1 feat investment that scales with Artifice levels. Its not fair to ask a Fleshi to give up 3 additional feat slots to what a Warforged gets for free, with almost no draw back. This is a class based on construct feats and enhancements, the 3 feat requirement is just poor game play if nothing else.

Second Give Arcane Empowerment back to all Artificers at 20, this is a half hearted enhancement and hardly usable in game. Give the Arcanotechnician a decent Capstone.

[thunir]

Battle Engineer: Should stay the classic Arti game play with Rune arm / Repeater focus.

Repeater damage should at least match Mechanic in respect to the +1 Crit Mulitplier

Take out the Bastard sword "Hand and a Half Training" plus speed boost Completely leave it for Ruinic Champion. Ruinic Champion should also get Item Defence.

With each core give +8 spell power as it currently does per Runearm charge tier.

10/20/30 Force SP

I would like to see the 3 Rune arm enhancements be awarded in the cores and have the two Rune arm overcharges in the First 2 enhancement lines within reach of the other Arti trees and multi-classers. Put Infused Weapons and Infused Armor in the enhancement tree and well take them if we want them.

I would like to see +2 Ranged power with the 1st-4th tiers leading up to Endless Fusilade with the 5th tier giving something like Draconic Reinvigoration in the Thunderforged craft. What ever you do, don't leave it a +1 to hit as it is currently. An 8 AP investment just for +4 to hit and access to Endless Fusilade is horrible.

I would like Battle Engineer to receive Fletching as in the Mechanic line

I would also place the 10%-20% ASF removal in the tree and not in the cores, Kind of like the Placement on Warchanter for medium Armor proficiency. This way its not a wasted enhancement for those that dont need it.

4th tier should get +1/2/3 to DC of Rune arm (rune arm only not Evocation)

5th tier should include and enhancement that would allow a greater percentage of Spell power attributed to Rune arm damage again. Test it out to make sure its balanced but if its not 100 % the put in a level 28 ED Feat that caps 100% Spell power to Rune Arms that even Multi-Classes can take.

I would suggest 12/18/25% on 5th tier Enhancement and 25% Feat bonus on the lvl 28 ED Feat.

[thunir]

Ruinic Champion: Enhancement line that focuses on Melee DPS and Defense/Armor enhancements

The Cores:
Core 1 Should Bastard Sword/ Dwarven Axe Profediency for free and give +3 Melee Power with ever tier of Runearm charge.

Core 2 Strategic combat I and +1 to combat feats

Core 3 Could Grant 1/3 INT multiplier to Combat Feats such as PDK does for CHA. and make it anti-requesent to Know the Angles.

Core 4 Strategic Combat ll, + 1 to Combat feats

Core 5 Should be +2 INt +2 CON and a large weapon Buff. I would suggest Cacophony or a Force variant with the same proc rate. I would really suggest Lightning strike or Disintegration but I know the Devs wont do it for whatever reason.

In the Enhancements I would like to see:

Item Defense

A New Armor infusion SLA that costs 18/12/6 SP and Gives 2/4/6 PRR

A tiered enhancement line that gives +1 and 2% Glancing Blows like the current BE tree. Then Speed Boost and caps at the 5th tier with +1 Crit Multiplier like the Warchanter line.

An enhancement that removes the 3x Cooldown From Combat Expertise

Would like to see a weapon enhancement that gives Force 1d6 and then on the next tier have it to enhance 1d20 on Crit that scales with 200% spell power

I also Imagine an Rune arm enhancement line that serves to mimmic Shield Mastery and Improved Shield Mastery to improved double strike and Mele power in 2 tiers. It could also serve as a Pre-req for Legendary Shiled Mastery in the Setinal ED.

I think this line would also need something like Battering Barage like the swashbuckler enhancement. Destruction/Improved Destruction +1d6/2d6 rust . Or maybe the opposite, an Armor enhancement that applies destruction when hit?

This would be a good place for Weapon attachment/ Enhanced weapon attachment also.

Fifth tier should have an Enhancement that allows all Rune arms to charge to 5th tier. As I see it Runearms are already specked for this anyway and that would allow this line a little more flavor and let them use the lower level Runearms made for close combat that this build is going to want.

[thunir]

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[Starla70]

I would like see the dog be worth using in Epic. I will think of other things as I dig out my artie.