137beth
2014-06-16, 07:37 PM
There is a new announcement (http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lg7m?Welcome-Mark-Seifter) on SKR's replacement.
He has written a few optimization handbooks for pathfinder, including a cleric domain guide (https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1bGYV4nTaUQ7DZ0K-bLJsigtWujhQl9gJsW5tVOtmuuE&pli=1), a rogue guide (https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=13sCICmxwkq5yxdXVQqRr-H-SYrwUww13UFsKDcGJyJ4&pli=1), and a fighter guide (https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15x4he4WAFYNsoeYgNG8KaEjPH2OvzF2dUjiy8BL1h 14&hl=en&pli=1) (all outdated, the rogue one just has core and APG, the other two are core-only).
I'm not entirely sure what to expect from him. On the up side, he is friendly in the community and he very clearly does not think flavor requires bad mechanics.
On the other hand, past posts he made do seem to indicate he believes in using core as a 'balance' point...which may well lead to more non-balance based around the already non-balanced stuff in core.
In this thread (http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qdt9?SWASHBUCKLERoffensive-numbers-too-high#1), he was concerned about the offensive capabilities of the in-playtest swashbuckler class, based on comparisons to...a fighter. Although, the main concern was direct damage, which isn't really the fighter's main problem.
Either way, it isn't clear how much influence he will have. After SKR's public reversal of many long-held stances, it seems to me like Seifter's new role may include taking the blame for poor decisions made by other Paizo employees.
He has written a few optimization handbooks for pathfinder, including a cleric domain guide (https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1bGYV4nTaUQ7DZ0K-bLJsigtWujhQl9gJsW5tVOtmuuE&pli=1), a rogue guide (https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=13sCICmxwkq5yxdXVQqRr-H-SYrwUww13UFsKDcGJyJ4&pli=1), and a fighter guide (https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15x4he4WAFYNsoeYgNG8KaEjPH2OvzF2dUjiy8BL1h 14&hl=en&pli=1) (all outdated, the rogue one just has core and APG, the other two are core-only).
I'm not entirely sure what to expect from him. On the up side, he is friendly in the community and he very clearly does not think flavor requires bad mechanics.
On the other hand, past posts he made do seem to indicate he believes in using core as a 'balance' point...which may well lead to more non-balance based around the already non-balanced stuff in core.
In this thread (http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qdt9?SWASHBUCKLERoffensive-numbers-too-high#1), he was concerned about the offensive capabilities of the in-playtest swashbuckler class, based on comparisons to...a fighter. Although, the main concern was direct damage, which isn't really the fighter's main problem.
Either way, it isn't clear how much influence he will have. After SKR's public reversal of many long-held stances, it seems to me like Seifter's new role may include taking the blame for poor decisions made by other Paizo employees.