Quote Originally Posted by Aelonwy View Post
But that was kind of my point or missing the point... Steelstar mentioned Scourge, Scourge is an Iconic Ranger, Ranger has access to three trees one is ranged exclusively, one is meant for melee exclusively and one supports both. So Scourge can take advantage of the melee tree and still get plenty of use from Deepwood Stalker. Shadar Kai is an Iconic Rogue, Rogue has access to three trees one being melee dagger/kukris, one is melee Quarterstaff, one is ranged Great Crossbow. Rogue is already inherently more limited because its trees are very weapon centric, not just playstyle limited but specific weapon limitations. Ranger has more choice for melee and only becomes somewhat limited by Scourge's blunt weapon requirement. Shadar Kai is limiting rogue to one melee tree and maybe a few support enhancements from its other trees like Fast Movement, Mechanics, Awareness etc. Its a bit too restrictive for my tastes and if I didn't already own it would not entice me too purchase it now. There isn't enough character creation/variety value for me. But Steelstar has already said they thought about it and are comfortable with their plan. So *shrug*.
I would say that (revised) Shadar Kai does offer some interesting build opportunities, and much like PDK and Bladeforged, it's iconic class isn't the one it's best suited to. The most interesting options are for weird class splits or require +1 hearts.