this whole soul system has overwhelmed me. so there are 4 classes, with 9 souls each, which each give a different playstyle to the class, right? and you can have 3 souls at once? so that's 9*8*7*4 or 2016 different options. Even if you want to play a certain role, you still have 4-500 different combinations of souls to choose from.
I honestly cannot see the forest through the trees. You can build 2016 different classes in essence, and while likely 50% of those will be crap, I cannot fathom the extent of customization. And then I haven't even mentioned planar attunement and the talents themselves...
I feel like I need to do hours of research before I can even start to really play. I doubt that's intended...