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As I browsed messageboards for the last couple of days it was hard not to stumble upon numerous threads commenting on new classes and archetypes introduced in ACG. There are two statements that at some point appear in nearly every single one of them "Arcanist is overpowered", quickly followed by "Exploiter Wizard is even more broken." But is it really so?

I would like you to help me compare Exploiter Wizard to classic specialist Wizard.

As an Exploiter Wizard you give up your Arcane Bond and Arcane School for access to 5 arcanist exploits total (at 1st, 5th, 9th, 13th and 17th level). It is worth noting that you miss out on Consume Spells class feature and you don't gain access to Greater exploits. As far as I understand, RAW you cannot buy additional Explots via Extra Exploit feat.

Quick Study, Metamixing, Potent Magic, Dimensional Slide are certainly powerful, but are they really powerful enough to forgo extra spell slots, school powers and capstone abilities?

Since this is my first post on these messageboards, I think that some greeting may be in place, so "Hello" :).

I would like to ask your opinion about interference between Arcane School and Spellbinder archetype (presented in Advanced Race Guide - ARG).

Firstly, I'm curious how the Spell Bond works with the "specialist slot" restrictions (e.g. Can diviner swap his True Strike prepared in specialist slot for bonded Magic Missile?).

Secondly, I wonder if you can bond with a spell from an opposition school and be able to circumvent a "two-slot" requirement by exchanging it with your other memorizations (e.g. with spell in your specialist spell slot to spice things up :P).

Finally, I would like to know if you can exchange spells for metamagiced versions of bonded spells (e.g. swap True Seeing for Empowered Maximized Magic Missile :)).

Looking forward to see your answers.

Cheers,
Novack.