U30 Arcanotechnician

[Qezuzu]

For anyone wondering, Artificer max Evoc DC is now equal to Exalted Angel Sorcerer, even when not using Epic Increased Potential. Their Evocation DC is definitely workable now.

I'm thinking Artificer could be okay if Battle Engineer also gets some tweaks. With the number of feats they have a Ranged/Caster hybrid could be decent; Arcane Warrior is pretty strong, for a Destiny feat. I don't know cast time/cooldown on Tactical Detonation but it could be a fun spell.

Add some ranged power and bonuses to crit range/mult in Battle Engineer and you're probably like 80% done before you even get to the actual pass.

[GlassCannon]

For anyone wondering, Artificer max Evoc DC is now equal to Exalted Angel Sorcerer, even when not using Epic Increased Potential. Their Evocation DC is definitely workable now.

I'm thinking Artificer could be okay if Battle Engineer also gets some tweaks. With the number of feats they have a Ranged/Caster hybrid could be decent; Arcane Warrior is pretty strong, for a Destiny feat. I don't know cast time/cooldown on Tactical Detonation but it could be a fun spell.

Add some ranged power and bonuses to crit range/mult in Battle Engineer and you're probably like 80% done before you even get to the actual pass.

I'd really like to see them get some Repeater-specific boosts like an expanded clip (5 shots before reload instead of 3) or some significant alacrity bonus like Mechanics get with the GiantCrossbows (can we get a cosmetic that makes those even bigger? I think a Halfling carrying an Arbalest isn't quite funny enough).

I also would like to see some way to increase the duration of Fusellade by taking the Core enhancements, much like Warlocks get a faster Aura proc with cores from Spirit.

[GlassCannon]

The Arcanotechnician tree changes are not meant to represent a full Artificer pass. They are simply changes Steelstar put together (in his spare time, actually) because he wanted to even though a full pass of the class didn't yet fit into our schedule.

This fits in with our previously stated shift to being willing to make small tweaks to classes before we have time to provide them a full dedicated pass as described by Severlin here.

Now that's dedication. I sure wish I could help out with things like that in a more direct fashion rather than just firing off feedback on the forums once a month.