There's been a lot of talk staff side about what we do with with our limited resources. I would of course like us to move forward with the spell rewrite but that is a big project and i think there are more important things to be resolving before committing further resources there. I've asked Brian and Brumm to look into the Paladin and Blackguard sets as a matter of some urgency (their bonuses aren't firing properly, i suspect to do with the shield AC as these are the only 2 sets that give shield ac and have a caveat that the shield must be present; this is where i think the problem lies).
In the mean time we think it's a good idea to start codifying exactly what we need to do to give weaker classes (and possibly their sets where applicable) a boost. We of course have our ideas staff side but we very much want and need input from players as well. I think it best if we focus on one class at a time and I've chosen Swashbuckler to be the first, with a view to moving onto others in quick succession. My ideas are below and I'd very much like everyone to post their ideas on how to improve this, currently lacklustre, class:
Add Perform as a class skill
Level 9 - bonus feat - evasion
Level 12 - bonus feat - uncanny dodge
Level 15 - bonus feat - improved evasion
Level 21 - bonus feat - improved uncanny dodge