I wish to propose a subject about promotion items, mainly the over prevalence of some. I apologize in advance for the semi-wall of text.
Fell Contract: 2
Orion's Bolt: 4
Ocean Seal: 2
Guiding Ring: 7
Treasure Mark: 4
Hero's Crest: 7
Artistic Mark: 4
Knight's Crest: 6
Elysian Whip: 4
As you can see, some are sorely underused while others are overused to such a degree that they lose the flair they're suppose to have: excitement at the rare item of power. After all, it pushes you to new heights and strengths, it should be a big deal. Some of them are so prevalent in classes however that they almost because boring.
I propose that we try to balance these out a bit, so as to avoid over-saturation to a specific one or another to try and preserve the effect they're suppose to carry. The easiest way I see to accomplish this would be the creation of another promotion item, one meant for holy classes and the like. This item would be the promotion item for Bishops, Saints, Holy Guards, Crusaders, and possibly Paladins.
Fell Contract: 2
Orion's Bolt: 4
Ocean Seal: 2
Guiding Ring: 4
Treasure Mark: 4
Hero's Crest: 6
Artistic Mark: 4
Knight's Crest: 6/5
Elysian Whip: 4
[Insert Holy Promotion Item Name; Reliquary? Divine Brand/Crest/Scripture/Emblem?]: 4/5
This chips into the Guiding Ring overpopulation, but we can also make more use from the promotion items we have to balance out some of the others. Ocean Seal, from what I've read, is suppose to deal with Banditry and the like, so two apt classes that might fit the bill for it could be Warrior and Mountain Warrior, one close to the banditry line while the other branches off of it. Raising the numbers of the Fell Contract could be easy, Summoner seems like it would fit the bill exceedingly well considering the class is summoning creatures and the like.
Fell Contract: 3
Orion's Bolt: 4
Ocean Seal: 4
Guiding Ring: 3
Treasure Mark: 4
Hero's Crest: 4
Artistic Mark: 4
Knight's Crest: 6/5
Elysian Whip: 4
[Insert Holy Promotion Item Name; Reliquary? Divine Brand/Crest/Scripture/Emblem?]: 4/5
Some chipping can still be done on the Knight's Crest (most certainly if Paladin isn't included in the new holy item), but at the moment I am at a pause.
Thanks to Blade for talking this out with me.