Achaean News
Classleads for November.
Written by: Makarios, the Meticulous
Date: Monday, November 10th, 2025
Addressed to: Everyone
The hour is once more upon us: the last classlead round for 2025 is at hand.
The classlead process is how we balance classes and add new abilities to skills as appropriate, and is generally the time when you can get your voices heard on issues of combat balance.
For those of you unfamiliar with the classlead process (or who would just like a refresher), here are the basics:
- Classleads are anonymous.
- Each person can submit up to ten classlead reports. Please do not utilise alternative characters to bypass this limit: I will be annoyed (and yes, I can tell).
- Your reports should supply reasoning alongside the perceived problem: if something is too strong/weak, you should always state why. It's best to avoid drawing comparisons to other classes, although sometimes this is appropriate. Use your best judgement!
- You should attempt to supply multiple solutions (where applicable - some cases are fairly cut and dry).
There are full details along with command breakdowns under HELP CLASSLEADS and the CLASSLEAD command.
I have made some small changes this round to facilitate easier commenting:
- You may now comment on any submitted report, there is no need to wait for the commenting phase. We will still have this phase of the process as usual, but I know this is a pain point since people try to cram it all in during that window when they could very easily have done so in a more relaxed manner over the submission period. Additionally, this will more easily facilitate getting community feedback on reports still in the system, since these naturally are already there and there is no reason to wait for commenting if people have thoughts.
- There was a previous limit on how many reports you could comment on. I've drastically raised this (by an order of magnitude), so there is no longer a need to hold your commenting for reports you feel strongly about.
Classlead submissions will run through the week, closing at 0 gmt on Monday the 17th of November.
I look forward to reading your reports!
Penned by My hand on the 20th of Mayan, in the year 989 AF.
Classleads for November.
Written by: Makarios, the Meticulous
Date: Monday, November 10th, 2025
Addressed to: Everyone
The hour is once more upon us: the last classlead round for 2025 is at hand.
The classlead process is how we balance classes and add new abilities to skills as appropriate, and is generally the time when you can get your voices heard on issues of combat balance.
For those of you unfamiliar with the classlead process (or who would just like a refresher), here are the basics:
- Classleads are anonymous.
- Each person can submit up to ten classlead reports. Please do not utilise alternative characters to bypass this limit: I will be annoyed (and yes, I can tell).
- Your reports should supply reasoning alongside the perceived problem: if something is too strong/weak, you should always state why. It's best to avoid drawing comparisons to other classes, although sometimes this is appropriate. Use your best judgement!
- You should attempt to supply multiple solutions (where applicable - some cases are fairly cut and dry).
There are full details along with command breakdowns under HELP CLASSLEADS and the CLASSLEAD command.
I have made some small changes this round to facilitate easier commenting:
- You may now comment on any submitted report, there is no need to wait for the commenting phase. We will still have this phase of the process as usual, but I know this is a pain point since people try to cram it all in during that window when they could very easily have done so in a more relaxed manner over the submission period. Additionally, this will more easily facilitate getting community feedback on reports still in the system, since these naturally are already there and there is no reason to wait for commenting if people have thoughts.
- There was a previous limit on how many reports you could comment on. I've drastically raised this (by an order of magnitude), so there is no longer a need to hold your commenting for reports you feel strongly about.
Classlead submissions will run through the week, closing at 0 gmt on Monday the 17th of November.
I look forward to reading your reports!
Penned by My hand on the 20th of Mayan, in the year 989 AF.