It was refreshing to read a detailed, thoughtful proposal, instead of someone just screaming for a random nerf, so thank you for that.
I don’t play on PVP servers, so I’m not going to offer much of an opinion on that aspect, but I am interested – maybe even invested – in keeping this game true to the lore.
As such, I would most strongly agree with the following:
That said, this is your biggest problem when it comes to sorcery:
Like @erjoh pointed out, it’s not “little nuance”, it’s a really important factor in their game design decisions. Lore-wise, sorcery isn’t for direct combat, it’s for manipulating and dominating others. In the Sorcery Deep Dive videos, the devs are pretty clear about that. As such, the authority attribute is extremely important aspect of sorcery.
Playing as a sorcerer who runs into fights with weapons a-swinging is not something I expect to see in Conan Exiles. In fact, I hope it doesn’t happen. I bought Conan Exiles because it’s set in Hyborian Age and it stays amazingly true to how Howard described that setting.