The Exalted 2.5 errata at least made it playable and mostly balanced, tho. It removed Paranoia Combat as a thing and made the focus more on interesting combos and dodge/soak than perfect defenses.

>So yeah, I really do want to see what they're doing
>with Exalted 3rd? But the fact that they're adding in Brawl again
>doesn't inspire confidence.

I'm actually kind of glad it is making a comeback. I always loved Brawl.

If you haven't already seen it, some kind folks have compiled a giant master list of... not exactly everything the line developers have ever said about 3e, but damn close. There's literally several thousand words worth of info straight from John Morke, Holden Shearer, Grabowski, Stephen Lea Shepherd, etc, right over here. They go in-depth into what they felt were the flaws of 2e and how they plan to fix'em, and what new stuff they're bringing forth.

>Worse, I'm a Sidereal nut, so I'm going to
>have to wait ages to see how they will be updated.

Another Sidereals fan! My friend, you are talking to someone who once spent an entire evening on these very forums abusing Ben's forbearance by writing, and posting, UF/Sidereals fanfic. I think it is safe to say I am equally as nutty for them as you are. :)

I am particularly excited by the fact that they are apparently involved in a long "Cold War" with the Lunars, such that the leading cause of death for young Sidereals in the field is, in fact, getting ripped apart by a shapeshifting monster from the depths of oh-my-god.

-Merc
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