Don't templars have a passive that increases 6% weapon dmg and gives a extra 10% dmg to any crit strike?
Only DKs and sorc have major brutality. and the rest can get it from 2H and DW (which is the weapons you have to use that MB buff)
I don't see the point, do you want a templar archer or S/B?
The 6% extra dmg is quite strong for a passive. Combine it with empower (might of the guild/dark flare) to get super strong snipes/WBs. You can slot flawless dawnbreaker for an even higher base wpn dmg
Like playing:
2H
Rally
crit rush
executioner
WB
entropy/dark flare
U FD
I don't see any other class who coud reach a higher wpn dmg
I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
And with the 6% passive is quite a strong Rally
let me count
12% for medium armor
6% for the passive
20% for rally
8% for FD
56% extra dmg... and we are not even mentioning the set to use (Hunding's rage?), neither the mundus stone
TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
lol i would love if templars got a major brut buff, but that should not stop you from running the build you want to run just use a wpn dmg pot man.
Darkonflare15 wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
Use a potion. You can get almost every buff in the game by using potions . The buffs even last longer than most skills. If you do not want to use a potions than you really do not want Major brutality at all.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
Sorry bro, if you think Stamplar hasn't been good, you simply don't play it right. L2P might apply here.
Every class relies on 2H for the same reasons, any niche build that drops 2H is simply that, niche.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
Sorry bro, if you think Stamplar hasn't been good, you simply don't play it right.
Every class relies on 2H for the same reasons, any niche build that drops 2H is simply that, niche.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
Sorry bro, if you think Stamplar hasn't been good, you simply don't play it right. L2P might apply here.
Every class relies on 2H for the same reasons, any niche build that drops 2H is simply that, niche.
Until major mending with Rune in TG Stamplar was easily the worst Stamina class, what are you talking about?
Don't templars have a passive that increases 6% weapon dmg and gives a extra 10% dmg to any crit strike?
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
Sorry bro, if you think Stamplar hasn't been good, you simply don't play it right. L2P might apply here.
Every class relies on 2H for the same reasons, any niche build that drops 2H is simply that, niche.
Until major mending with Rune in TG Stamplar was easily the worst Stamina class, what are you talking about?
I'm not going to sit here and defend your class for you (Not asking you too, I'm asking you to back up your claim. Which you cannot because it was a false claim.) , if you want to be good with a class/build in ESO right now you have to min/max. It doesn't really matter what your class is, major brutality as a class based skill isn't going to change that. (No it won't, however it would open additional options for builds.)
Templar has to be made up of the most uninformed player-base. With a handful of players who know what they were are actually doing.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
Sorry bro, if you think Stamplar hasn't been good, you simply don't play it right. L2P might apply here.
Every class relies on 2H for the same reasons, any niche build that drops 2H is simply that, niche.
Until major mending with Rune in TG Stamplar was easily the worst Stamina class, what are you talking about?
I'm not going to sit here and defend your class for you, if you want to be good with a class/build in ESO right now you have to min/max. It doesn't really matter what your class is, major brutality as a class based skill isn't going to change that.
Templar has to be made up of the most uninformed player-base. With only a handful of players who know what they're doing, deviating from your ideas of average.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
Sorry bro, if you think Stamplar hasn't been good, you simply don't play it right. L2P might apply here.
Every class relies on 2H for the same reasons, any niche build that drops 2H is simply that, niche.
Until major mending with Rune in TG Stamplar was easily the worst Stamina class, what are you talking about?
I'm not going to sit here and defend your class for you (Not asking you too, I'm asking you to back up your claim. Which you cannot because it was a false claim.) , if you want to be good with a class/build in ESO right now you have to min/max. It doesn't really matter what your class is, major brutality as a class based skill isn't going to change that. (No it won't, however it would open additional options for builds.)
Templar has to be made up of the most uninformed player-base. With a handful of players who know what they were are actually doing.
Resorting to insults instead of facts weakens your argument. Basic Debate 101.
It doesn't matter what your class is? Passives don't matter? Active skills don't matter? Are you high?
You made the assertion Templar's before TG were good. To be good objectively they must be better than at least 1 class. They weren't and Major Mending barely puts them on par with Stamina Sorc now, possibly slightly ahead. NB and DK are still the best stamina builds. You do realize without major mending Stamplar lost their only class defensive strength, heals, right? Before TG there was no reason to pick Stamina Templar at all. Biting Jabs and 6% WD was not enough.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
lol i would love if templars got a major brut buff, but that should not stop you from running the build you want to run just use a wpn dmg pot man.Darkonflare15 wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
Use a potion. You can get almost every buff in the game by using potions . The buffs even last longer than most skills. If you do not want to use a potions than you really do not want Major brutality at all.
A viable option, for sure...
Unless you want Immovable, Detection, Health, etc.
Niche-Rich-Man builds...smh
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
Sorry bro, if you think Stamplar hasn't been good, you simply don't play it right. L2P might apply here.
Every class relies on 2H for the same reasons, any niche build that drops 2H is simply that, niche.
Until major mending with Rune in TG Stamplar was easily the worst Stamina class, what are you talking about?
I'm not going to sit here and defend your class for you, if you want to be good with a class/build in ESO right now you have to min/max. It doesn't really matter what your class is, major brutality as a class based skill isn't going to change that.
Templar has to be made up of the most uninformed player-base. With only a handful of players who know what they're doing, deviating from your ideas of average.
How would granting access to entirely different skill bar not going to change anything? You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
The three other classes have an assortment of end-game-viable builds that use a MAJORITY of their own class abilities. Even after TG, Templars are now forced to fill their bars with Resto or 2-Hander depending on their resource. That is straight up inequality.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
Sorry bro, if you think Stamplar hasn't been good, you simply don't play it right. L2P might apply here.
Every class relies on 2H for the same reasons, any niche build that drops 2H is simply that, niche.
Until major mending with Rune in TG Stamplar was easily the worst Stamina class, what are you talking about?
I'm not going to sit here and defend your class for you, if you want to be good with a class/build in ESO right now you have to min/max. It doesn't really matter what your class is, major brutality as a class based skill isn't going to change that.
Templar has to be made up of the most uninformed player-base. With only a handful of players who know what they're doing, deviating from your ideas of average.
How would granting access to entirely different skill bar not going to change anything? You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
The three other classes have an assortment of end-game-viable builds that use a MAJORITY of their own class abilities. Even after TG, Templars are now forced to fill their bars with Resto or 2-Hander depending on their resource. That is straight up inequality.
What are you even talking about!?
You actually came into this thread acting like NB uses drain power, and that it also heals. And I don't know what I'm talking about, whatever you're on get me some.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
lol i would love if templars got a major brut buff, but that should not stop you from running the build you want to run just use a wpn dmg pot man.Darkonflare15 wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
Use a potion. You can get almost every buff in the game by using potions . The buffs even last longer than most skills. If you do not want to use a potions than you really do not want Major brutality at all.
A viable option, for sure...
Unless you want Immovable, Detection, Health, etc.
Niche-Rich-Man builds...smh
The point is you have options man, you just don't want to use those options or give up anything and instead want another option so you can run your niche bow/S&B build or whatever it is you want to do.
If you present the argument that X class can do Y, therefore, my class should be able to do Y then what the hell is the point of classes in first place? At some point there has to be some difference right? do we really want to open that can of worms?
Fyi, some of the top players (pvp wise, i dont pve) in the game play stam and mag templar. There is just a wider gap between the "best in class" and the "learning to play".
Also this doesn't matter...it will be years before zos will be able to implement such a monumental change.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
Sorry bro, if you think Stamplar hasn't been good, you simply don't play it right. L2P might apply here.
Every class relies on 2H for the same reasons, any niche build that drops 2H is simply that, niche.
Until major mending with Rune in TG Stamplar was easily the worst Stamina class, what are you talking about?
I'm not going to sit here and defend your class for you (Not asking you too, I'm asking you to back up your claim. Which you cannot because it was a false claim.) , if you want to be good with a class/build in ESO right now you have to min/max. It doesn't really matter what your class is, major brutality as a class based skill isn't going to change that. (No it won't, however it would open additional options for builds.)
Templar has to be made up of the most uninformed player-base. With a handful of players who know what they were are actually doing.
Resorting to insults instead of facts weakens your argument. Basic Debate 101.
It doesn't matter what your class is? Passives don't matter? Active skills don't matter? Are you high?
You made the assertion Templar's before TG were good. To be good objectively they must be better than at least 1 class. They weren't and Major Mending barely puts them on par with Stamina Sorc now, possibly slightly ahead. NB and DK are still the best stamina builds. You do realize without major mending Stamplar lost their only class defensive strength, heals, right? Before TG there was no reason to pick Stamina Templar at all. Biting Jabs and 6% WD was not enough.
TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
No one uses drain power, at least not seriously. I've seen like one niche NB build that used drain power once, but the builder quickly replaced it with rally.
Drain power also doesn't heal you, get out of here with your facts.
Templar gets a ton of damage from built in passives, use rally like everyone else and get over it.
Stamplar has been insanely good, ESO in general is a one dimension game for every class.
OdinForge: "Stamplar has been insanely good."
kek.
Sorry bro, if you think Stamplar hasn't been good, you simply don't play it right. L2P might apply here.
Every class relies on 2H for the same reasons, any niche build that drops 2H is simply that, niche.
Until major mending with Rune in TG Stamplar was easily the worst Stamina class, what are you talking about?
I'm not going to sit here and defend your class for you, if you want to be good with a class/build in ESO right now you have to min/max. It doesn't really matter what your class is, major brutality as a class based skill isn't going to change that.
Templar has to be made up of the most uninformed player-base. With only a handful of players who know what they're doing, deviating from your ideas of average.
How would granting access to entirely different skill bar not going to change anything? You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
The three other classes have an assortment of end-game-viable builds that use a MAJORITY of their own class abilities. Even after TG, Templars are now forced to fill their bars with Resto or 2-Hander depending on their resource. That is straight up inequality.
What are you even talking about!?
You actually came into this thread acting like NB uses drain power, and that it also heals. And I don't know what I'm talking about, whatever you're on get me some.
Feel free to read up on the Patch Notes if you don't understand what I'm talking about.
Or compare any guide there is and notice that not a single Templar build boasts the same amount of Class abilities as the other three.
Templars are inherently the least-thought-out class that relies the most on abilities that everyone else has access to. I'm trying to raise awareness of an egregious oversight.TheM0rganism wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
lol i would love if templars got a major brut buff, but that should not stop you from running the build you want to run just use a wpn dmg pot man.Darkonflare15 wrote: »TheM0rganism wrote: »I'm a nb...I use rally...rally is not a nb skill...it is a 2h skill...you are templar...you can use 2h skills...you can use rally...you have major brut hooray!
You have a damaging AOE heal that ALSO grants Major Brutality. You don't HAVE to run 2Hand. That's my point. Templars HAVE to, which is why Stamplars have the most 1-dimensional rotation in the game.
Use a potion. You can get almost every buff in the game by using potions . The buffs even last longer than most skills. If you do not want to use a potions than you really do not want Major brutality at all.
A viable option, for sure...
Unless you want Immovable, Detection, Health, etc.
Niche-Rich-Man builds...smh
The point is you have options man, you just don't want to use those options or give up anything and instead want another option so you can run your niche bow/S&B build or whatever it is you want to do.
If you present the argument that X class can do Y, therefore, my class should be able to do Y then what the hell is the point of classes in first place? At some point there has to be some difference right? do we really want to open that can of worms?
Fyi, some of the top players (pvp wise, i dont pve) in the game play stam and mag templar. There is just a wider gap between the "best in class" and the "learning to play".
Also this doesn't matter...it will be years before zos will be able to implement such a monumental change.
It's not a matter of being more like X. It's a matter of being more like X, Y, & Z.