>They might delete their characters, but would probably roll up
>something again. I'd be out for good.

You'd be out of shapeshifters for good, yes. There would be other classes to roll.

If you're saying no other class has this element of randomness for you, I happily point you to a properly labelled dartboard and a blindfold for the warrior, thief, ranger classes and invoker affinities.

I personally don't touch this class partly because of a lack of versatility and the randomness factor only makes one giddy once or twice.

After that it's '500tnl. Watch my form suck ass. Aaaayep.' or even better, 'I didn't get a form the last two levels. 500 tnl. Watch my form suck. Aaaaayep.'

So I can see why Dwoggurd can make a strong argument for the randomness to go away, and Magus is making an ass of himself again by demanding to know why his point-of-view hasn't been implemented immediately because it's the 'most logical' one.

But I also fail to understand why they both are demanding the re-pick edge AND a full shifter customization system prior to seeing how the shapeshifter balancing shakes out. (Quite possibly they are pressing their arguments this hard due to the randomness of the class would make balancing this take even longer quite possibly in the realm of years.)

I understand the 'pickers' argument far better than the 'gamblers' argument, and very seriously doubt the gamblers have as much to lose on this as you claim Qaledus. My opinion sides with the pickers even if they are being unfairly self-entitled about the arguments for it from a lack of patience.