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<blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 9126879" data-attributes="member: 27957"><p>Chain Pact never really stood well on its own. The familiar had utility as a scout, and maybe it could apply a combat debuff with the right additional invocation, but it always felt a tier down from Tome and Blade. It wasn't a full combat pet for the Pokemon Master character fantasy, but Chain Pact had little meaningful to offer besides the pet. And since Tome Pact could pick up Find Familiar trivially, giving up Tome for Chain always felt like a bad trade.</p><p></p><p>By making it official that Chain Pact is a tier down from Tome and Blade, it doesn't have to over extend itself trying to keep up with the big boys. It can focus on being a supplementary choice rather than trying and failing to be a foundational Pact. Which is just a better place for it to be. And meanwhile both Tome and Blade get the option of a Chain familiar if they want one, which is a great thing for both character theme and build variety. Tome + Chain is the best of both of the prior versions, and Blade + Chain is entirely new ground to work with.</p><p></p><p>The special familiars are very attractive from a class theme standpoint, IMO, and it was always a shame you had to give up so much to get them. Now that's not a sacrifice you have to make, and that's a vast improvement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kurotowa, post: 9126879, member: 27957"] Chain Pact never really stood well on its own. The familiar had utility as a scout, and maybe it could apply a combat debuff with the right additional invocation, but it always felt a tier down from Tome and Blade. It wasn't a full combat pet for the Pokemon Master character fantasy, but Chain Pact had little meaningful to offer besides the pet. And since Tome Pact could pick up Find Familiar trivially, giving up Tome for Chain always felt like a bad trade. By making it official that Chain Pact is a tier down from Tome and Blade, it doesn't have to over extend itself trying to keep up with the big boys. It can focus on being a supplementary choice rather than trying and failing to be a foundational Pact. Which is just a better place for it to be. And meanwhile both Tome and Blade get the option of a Chain familiar if they want one, which is a great thing for both character theme and build variety. Tome + Chain is the best of both of the prior versions, and Blade + Chain is entirely new ground to work with. The special familiars are very attractive from a class theme standpoint, IMO, and it was always a shame you had to give up so much to get them. Now that's not a sacrifice you have to make, and that's a vast improvement. [/QUOTE]
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