Well, they do need to do something. And its funny that you mentioned Gladiator since I'm leveling up that and THM. Seriously, if you thought Gladiator was bad for skill ups.....dont touch THM. First off, half your dmg spells are DOT spells, and the DOT aspect doesnt even give the chance for skill ups. Which leaves you with spamming your basic attack and trying to keep your health from dropping too low. I just dont understand why game designers think Random = Good.
I know they will tweak the system, but I dont think tweaking is going to help. Random is Random. I'm fine with Variance, or taking your actions into account (play more skillfully, get more skill points?)...but when the best way to rank up is to play badly (spam the same default attack over and over again) something is horribly out of whack.
On the plus side though, I really like the way the ability and cross class abilities work, I also really like the Stamina system and the lack of autoattack.
I know they will tweak the system, but I dont think tweaking is going to help. Random is Random. I'm fine with Variance, or taking your actions into account (play more skillfully, get more skill points?)...but when the best way to rank up is to play badly (spam the same default attack over and over again) something is horribly out of whack.
On the plus side though, I really like the way the ability and cross class abilities work, I also really like the Stamina system and the lack of autoattack.
~Tzain Nival (Balmung)