I believe that class sets better embody the characteristics of a class, whether considering acquisition methods, proc requirements, or visual effects.

First, class sets typically require you to farm a specific class in the IA , which forces players to spend more time actually controlling and playing with that class, thus making it easier to develop an emotional connection and identification.

Second, most class sets' proc requirements demand that you use skills from a specific skill line, while class identities have almost no requirements.

Finally, some class sets have more striking visual or skill effects, even if they are ugly or misleading (such as the effects of Monolith of Storms), while most class identities have almost no visual effects.

I voted the wrong option, -1 from masteries, +1 to sets. I’m apparently illiterate at the moment.

Masteries are generally pretty set and forget except for warden. Sets add a mechanic to your class that requires using class skills. In some cases, the sets are synergistic with how the classes are played— like nobility in decay rendering tethers more usable and corpseburster essentially being a perfect damage set that enforces a DPS necromancer playstyle.

i main a non meta multi role arcanist and its a bit mixed.

Mastery? gib crux. thats all they do except banner bearer which does a little more.

Spattering disjunction? Procs random status effects. which i guess there is a passive that boosts status effect damage and proc chance. but...none of the arcanist abilities themselves actually proc status effects normally so without this set you have to get them from weapons or other non class skill lines? Eh. i run it anyway for the pretty glow effect. absolutely OP with the right rewards in IA tho.

Reawakened Heirophant though, this is an interesting one. max mag and stam which plays well with the usual running of beam and flail. and the five piece makes it a very nice support set that leans in heavily with the chakram spam i like to run with. but still...doesnt really seem all that "arcanist" in theme outside of the cosmetic look and visual effects it gives. Still, its one i will forever run for the support half of my multi role build as long as that 5 effect stays in. Especially since ive long hit the hard cap of damage shields with chakrams so there isnt any point in replacing it, lol.

I do currently run both of these fully lego'd on my main arcansist setups with a spellpower build. it works, makes for an excellent dual healer/dps build in at least non vet content. but disjunction is one i would replace if i can find something better and can part with the lovely green aura

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They both need to be relooked at in most cases. Templar's mastery for example totally relies on you having the healing line.

Honestly, regardless of what people think the answer is to this poll, they're going to HAVE to take a look at redoing the class sets and master scripts as part of the class reworks. I think the class armor sets are slightly stronger expressions of the classes, but to be perfectly honest, neither are what I would consider things that are vital to class identity because none of them truly take what each class does well and amplifies it to the next level, which is what I think the class scripts and armors should do. Most of them are kinda "meh" except for a couple, which are so good they are pretty much broken (charm), but again - none of them are really good expressions of what make a necro a necro, a warden a warden, etc.