The article title really says it all on this one. This article is refreshing in that it has only what you would expect, new options for the assassin class - which up till this point was lacking in substance.
My first thought when scanning through this article was disappointment because they added almost nothing but racial feats at the heroic tier, and those are okay, except that I am thinking of playing a Genasi Assassin which feat wise, is yet unsupported.
Content wise, the article is solid - with the racial feats of heroic making each race feel very different from each other; Paragon feats really step up the Assassin's sneaky factor, and Epic feats essentially making him a ghost for all intents and purposes.
The ki focuses that are listed in this article only really wet our appetite for true ki focus support. There are only 6 of them but most of them have very interesting and flavorful properties that go along with them. I dig the ki focus having more properties rather than Daily powers, it feels more like the focus is channeling your characters inner energy and changing the way your character acts at all times, rather than just a single power you can use daily.
On the negative side of things some of the feats could use a little more explanation, such as the feat Killer in the Crowd - the way it is written it would seem that your character is always considered to have cover from your enemies. I believe it meant to say that your enemies grant you cover as your allies do. I can just hear them at the local game store now, "Are you sure? It just says 'You gain cover from your enemies. Period'"
Other then that, I did enjoy the bit at the beginning that talked about the forums and the blogs - which just means that they really do listen to us! And I also rather enjoyed Mr. Mearls saying, almost literally, forget the fluff on this one - Assassins, its time to play!
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