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• The screens are visually appealing and in general I like the way you use space in the tool.

• I like the ability to see all options. For example, when looking at roles I really like that front and center there is an icon to just look at all of the classes. That is really important for experienced players, as we should not pay a high price to use the tool designed for new players. Arguably, it would be nice to be able to not even see the interim screen, turning it off via an Options screen.
• When you choose the invoker's build, what is that doing? I didn't see any impacts of having made that choice. Edit: As noted above, same problem for the human bonus At-Will. Looks like a bug.
• When the bonus At-Will was selected, it wasn't clear what was selected. The selection should be done on the interim screen, then you either approve it or change it. You should not have to go to the powers section to see what was chosen. Currently, you would easily forget to check, print, and realize you need to go back and change it.

• Feats seemed ok, but I am curious what the screen looks like for a high level PC that has a lot of options. The current CB seems to use less space per feat line and provides a snapshot of what it does, but is itself very big in terms of the list. I am curious how categories and searching help this.
• I would like to see a complex PC's power cards. Something like a complex level 17 caster that has items that modify powers so I can see how that shows up. Powers like Dire Radiance and Rain of Frogs that have secondary attacks that gain implement and other bonuses that may be easy to forget, or better yet Decree of Khirad where the miss damage gains benefits that can be hard to figure out. Another example could be healing powers and items that grant bonuses when the target spends a surge. (Ideally, the power cards spell that out).
• Here's an example of complexity that a good tool would help me resolve: Warlock's Curse damage (possibly enhanced by a Vicious Rod), Prime Shot bonus, Merciless Killer (Drow feat) bonus if tgt is bloodied, Gauntlets of Blood bonus to dmg if tgt is bloodied, combat advantage if I Shadow Walk due to Shadow Warlock Armor, Rod of Devilry bonus to damage if I use it on a bloodied target, Rod of First Blood damage bonus if target was at full HPs, Protective Hex giving foes I hit a -2 penalty to attacks, my warlock's curse damage sliding a foe 1 square due to Hexer paragon path's lev 16 benefit. This is my most complex PC (glad to send it to you via PM) and I realize not everything will be added - but devs should consider this type of complexity and where the CB should help with these factors. 

Nov 11, 2010 -- 1:38PM, coeranys wrote:

My favorite part was when creating his human character he clicked on the bonus at-will in the race area, and told the character builder to pick it for him, then when he got to the actual power selection part he had to pick it himself anyway.  That was awesome.

I thought this was to choose whether to take a bonus at-will or that new human power I've heard was introduced (or maybe is going to be?) in Essentials.

You can tell I haven't picked up any essentials stuff yet...

Nov 11, 2010 -- 1:38PM, coeranys wrote:

My favorite part was when creating his human character he clicked on the bonus at-will in the race area, and told the character builder to pick it for him, then when he got to the actual power selection part he had to pick it himself anyway.  That was awesome.

That was user error.  The button he clicked on that screen to "choose for me" made the choice between having a third at-will or that new human racial power feat and the CB chose to have a third at-will.