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April Fools' on Tabula Rasa Vault: wait until you see these PAUs!
The good folks over at TR Vault have reportedly gotten their hands on an early preview of some of the goodies we have in store for us in patch 1.7, and boy will these changes knock your socks off! They went way beyond the Skitterin hybrid class Destination Games announced today, going all out with three additional hybrids, three new PAUs (check out the Exobiologists' sweet ride!), and a whole slew of weapon and class changes that should make any Tabula Rasa die-hard chuckle.Among my favorites were changes to the Spy's blade that would increase both damage and range (!), the reduction in damage and increase in threat for the already woefully useless grenade launcher, and best of all, a new "poledance" emote for Exobiologists' clones to make them actually worth a darn in PvP combat, even just as a distraction. All we can say is poor, poor Exobiologists. Barbie cars and poledancing? April Fools' Day has not treated them kindly.
All TR classes getting a look by patch 1.9
The Tabula Rasa crew has sent down another missive from the heavens today, instructing everybody to give themselves a big pat on the back for the rigorous testing that made patch 1.6 a success. Looking forward to patch 1.7, they've stressed that while the changes to the Ranger sub-classes are their first and primary focus, they will be making an effort to look into every class to see what needs to be changed. Specifically, they mention making a global pass on all abilities for every class sometime between now and patch 1.8 and 1.9. In the immediate short term, they're looking to make changes to the minion system, which should give classes like the Exobiologist a little more utility than they have in the current build. Pets will also now receive a damage bonus from the mind attribute, giving them some added reason to spec something other than body for a change. In addition to some other, smaller UI changes, they also sought to make it apparent that the current costs for redeeming items with CP tokens is not set in stone, and can and will be tweaked if they're not seeing the desired results server-side.
Calling all Exobiologists, developer feedback requested
When most people sit down to think about class types in MMOs, I would wager that the majority would conjur up images of spell-tossing wizards or muscular blade-wielding warriors. Few classes in recent memory seem as unintuitive as Tabula Rasa's Exobiologist class. A biologist running around in massive battles with lasers and machine guns being fired overhead? Now that just seems silly. Or at least, until you really take a good look at it; the tier 4 abilities make it obvious that the Exobiologist is really just a high-tech hybrid version of a necromancer, able to bring corpses back to life to fight by their side.Problem is, like many of the other Specialist classes, the Exobiologist is still gimped quite a bit compared to its Soldier counterparts. As part of the promised changes to the specialist classes, the developers are reportedly calling for player feedback on the Tabula Rasa Vault forums. Take this as your opportunity to call for a boost in pet damage, and fight for your Exobiologist rights! Maybe if they got a buff I'd actually see one in action one of these days...
