| Arkath |
To be honest, a friend recently gave me this playtest book and from my frustration with it I made an account to post the following and say nothing more. What everyone else intends on discussing about this matter is their own prerogative.
With the way these classes were creatively set up I don't really see why you can't just multiclass and eventually get all of these classes in a possibly more powerful fashion?
Furthermore, if I wanted rehashed versions of the core classes combined I would mutliclass.
Creatively, I don't feel like this book has anything new or original to offer for a pathfinder game with classes and frankly I wouldn't consider playing any of these classes other then possibly Slayer (which from what your describing I believe it needs to be renamed to something like Bounty Hunter, but this is more a personal criticism/stylistic choice and not one that I have a really serious problem with). I've talked with other friends about this playtest book thus far and they also sited problems (specifically with the idea of a bard working like a barbarian and the idea that an archanist is basically a wizard casting spontaneously).
I just wanted to say that if this book doesn't get a dramatic overhaul neither my friends nor I intend on purchasing this book from Paizo and furthermore none of us will allow its use in game.
Do what you want. This is just my opinion and annoyance with these