A Decision to Make

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Finally I must speak regarding the [Balancer] option.

Frankly I was quite a bit put off that unlike the descriptions of my other options just a small flimsy vague explanation was all that was provided. But after grave consideration I came to the conclusion that it had to have something to do with the ‘hidden’ part of the descriptor.

In all of my past life and not to mention in all my observations in this new one I have heard only a pitiful amount of information as to just what a hidden class is. myths and folklore even Valiant a demon lord I think can be highly judged for their wisdom and knowledge alone said once he didn’t know of what it was when I (as a peasant) asked him. All I know is what I have heard from rumors, and myth.

To summarize what I have heard about what it means to be ‘hidden’; a ‘hidden’ class or class path is one whose complete details are hidden from all, including from (and here comes the most controversial part) even the gods themselves.  

There were no specific examples of anyone having such a type of class. However from what hints and scraps I managed to piece together…having a hidden class can be shocking enough that those who possess it can change the entire world…or something of that magnitude.

I have also heard it theorized that those who choose such a path eventually have the option to break all limitations including death. Yes, I have heard that one who advances down such a path can have true immorality.

In other words, those with hidden classes, are basically gods in embryo. Seeds that grow into new gods. According to one legend or myth that I once read…hidden classes are basically where gods come from.

However I don’t put too much of my faith on these theories as there was just that one legend and the few resulting essays that came from it while there are nearly endless other information that agrees with the other theory that once this land had no gods and then they appeared.

Whether gods came before mortals or mortals came before gods is a ‘chicken and the egg’ sort of mess that I can’t be bothered to try and untangle, especially since as I think I have told you before I am quite unreligious and don’t really care about the answer that much.

So to get back to my evaluation of [Balancer], since I do not have a large summary to read between the lines of and also because I cannot research it. All I can do is go with using my intelligence alone, in predicting and theorizing what potential traits the path could possibly contain.

Firstly and obviously the [Balancer] path, being a step down a branch of the empath class, must have something to do with empathy, exactly what is a mystery especially as most of the ‘empath related classes’ are unknown to me but It can also be logically deduced that if it is ‘a mixture of the other paths’ then it must have at least some of each of the other’s strengths and weaknesses as well.

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It would be nice to have all of the strengths or aptitudes that I had admired, but what if instead of getting mostly strengths I got all weaknesses instead? What if [Balancer] was an utter trap instead of a cheat? It is easy to pick a class but extremely hard, near impossible to get rid of your class once you have chosen it.

In other words [Balancer] was an extremely risky choice, a much better bet was to choose one of the other options and then work on gaining the skills that I had admired in the other choices on my own. Rather than changing or getting rid of your class path, it would be far easier to just enhance the one you already have.

Also when I picture the word ‘Balancer’ the first picture I see is usually someone standing on unstable ground and trying to keep their balance. Or perhaps some child stacking wood scraps on top of each other building a tower that always looks to be in danger of toppling.

Both of these images are quite discouraging. If it is as I think and [Balancing] is about well balancing then I don’t think such a class will be that suitable for me. Whether what is balanced is the consequence of what the powers of the class is used for or all the different parts of the class itself doesn’t really matter.

Maintaining balance seems like a lot of work.

Stability is a state of being which generally takes care of itself if you get it to a good place, and chaos tends to change often enough that it doesn’t matter if something happens that you don’t like because it will change soon enough. Balancing on the other hand seems to scream future heartbreak.

There is also the question that as [Balancer] is a ‘mix’ of many different things no matter the mix, it doesn’t seem conductive to mastering skills, for its seems you would be required upon taking the class to focus on many things. While I don’t mind being a jack of all trades, needs had even necessitated that in my past life and I believe I adequately rose to the occasion.

But now that I actually have a choice rather than hopping all over the place, in order to keep on top of things, I think that I would prefer to find one thing and stick to it from the very beginning and only add a new thing if I feel that I have enough space and time to work with it.  

Perhaps, I reflect I would be more encouraged to choose this class if I were planning on focusing mainly on my empathy related skills. If I were it would make sense to choose this class because it seems like it would make it easier to truly figure out and master all the potential the Empath class has to offer. But I will say it again…I don’t want to focus on empathy, I want to focus on swordplay and perhaps even one day master it.

After I finished with thinking about [Balancer] I realized I had evaluated and considered all four classes, and thus it was time to make my decision.

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