Ok tonight was are first full group play test.Here is a list of characters.
2 human fighters,1 human paladin ,1 human monk ,1 elven ranger and 1human invoker. all level 1
My groups thoughts.
Races
Over all feel was the humans were the same wasn't sure what to make of the free weapon ..wizard liked his long sword however.The elven player over all liked the changes the boost in Int was nice he thought liked the boost to reaction and over all liked the elf.
Classes
The fighter players see no change as of yet however are looking forward to getting the new ability's.
Paladin,ranger and monk no change as of yet.
The invoker loved his ability's everyone liked him having at will powers and the oth level spells were a simple yet much loved boost.and the d6 HD was oh so much welcomed .
One nitpick was the d4 for the energy attack we all though d6 would have been better.
cleric was seen as a villain , with undead lackeys. The new turn rules were also liked even as it was used on the pc's they thought it added flare and might make a cleric worth playing if they got to uses some spells like he did.
The extra 1 hp for favored class was much welcomed by all.
Skills
As has been said before my group loved the new skills . They played pretty much the same. the combined skills was also well liked.
FEATS
Over all they were ok with combat feats no real data here.just hit level 2 so next game there may be.
CMB
went over very well we used
Bull Rush,overrun and trip multiple times and was very easy to recall and the group as a whole loved one unified rule.
*note; while not having used grapple my group at this time are not sure if its an improvement or not.
APL and xp charts
Let me just say I loved them .found the APL a nice and simple system and the xp charts are just great small and easy while giving choices to the DM.Also as a group we liked the 3 xp charts for options and pacing.
well there it is are first full play test with the whole group.There was a lot of chocabo related mayham that wasn't covered by any changes and my group is waiting for the next update.