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Hi,
I put In a pile of time into the beta and i thought it was awesome. I loved all the different classes and they all felt different. I mostly spent my time on domination.
I loved the addictive loot system and leveling up different classes and getting the interesting things for leveling up past 20.
I would say balance wise, that the japanese classes are by far better then the others in just about every way.
I picked vikings and wanted to go with berserker which happened to have odins triangle or knot which i happen to have tattoo'd so i felt i had to play that character mostly. It was difficult not to want to play the japanese though just because they are so good. It was super easy to do combos and rack up kills. Enemies couldn't get away as simply either. Even in AI matches if the AI were japanese characters they rocked my team usually and that was the only times we lost against IA.
I found japanese really simple to parry with for their assassin (much better then beserker). I also found that most games the japanese classes were a favorite. The spear and the katana classes. Extemely good with superior feats as well.
The worst class i leveled up (only to 10) was warden. As much as i love how he looked, that one characters seems significantly weaker unless used by someone with superior skills which obviously wasn't me. I'm not sure how i would suggest fixing, but i found enemies got away even if i did get them low with that class and when playing the otehr vanguards i stood a much better chance of chasing and finishing. The 3rd feat on the 1st tear that makes them take more damage should only give them extra exp, not cause more damage IMHO. It's a big deal to give up the other feats for it.
Overall i think the game is awesome. Japanese classes need damage toned down though i think to make up for how awesome their speed and skillsets are.
I found berserker was great, but that low range and slower attacks and lack of light combo was tough at times. It would be nice if berserker had a standard light combo similar to japanese classes. (Preference perhaps, i'd take that over the infinate combo, simply because Infinate combo is moot, since stamina system and how easy it is to block means it's never or very rarely going to happen. I found it just as fast and more fluid to do strong attack because of the combo.
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Glad other people are loving the game as well, but one thing I have to say. The Warden isn't weak at all. Played as him during the alpha a bit and mained as him in the beta and he's incredibly well rounded. Once you learn about each class and their weakness, he can adapt to just about anything. 1v1 with him was really successful, and with passive healing at the front, I rarely died at all in dominion.
