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It is all situational, really, and depends on who you're with. A lot of the 'harder' quests are designed or balanced around fairly optimal questing groups in such a way that when people deviate it can quickly spell disaster. I for one tend to use the philosophy that I need to look out for myself, and it works well, but for a front line character this is nearly impossible with the raw amount of damage done and healing required.

the outfit will need to be pink or yellow, sadly, and comes with a sock stuffed in the crotch

I've never used expetise, and i find it too boring to remain at the front, unable to hit -anything- yet being half-inmortal. So i don't care much. Why not beta-test it? have a week or an alternative server to try this out.

If you have never used something then I'm afraid your opinion might be taken lightly on the subject.

I am against this change for many of the reasons listed above, but to be more specific I will list them quickly.

- Lost stats and feats to acquire this ability

- This is not a 'free ride' as said, and even in expertise a fighter can do a large amount of damage while they are buffed, which they are going to be typically. They also still take a large amount of damage and often times the burst damage from a critical hit  is even more unexpected and causes a quicker death.

- Removing this feats' usefulness only further adds to the Barbarian class that is in all honestly, very powerful here. They already have more HP, better movement, damage  reduction and for most builds, lack only the expertise of a trained warrior while having the ability to enrage and get even more attack bonus than a fighter.

Perhaps due to the modifications of the trickery domain?