Talk:Runes Reforged/@comment-3578129-20170927091535/@comment-3974211-20170929092438

Compared to Runes, yes, there is less variation - although if you take away all the useless Runes from the previous system, I'm not sure that's actually true. Fake choices shouldn't be counted, after all.

Compared to Masteries, I'm not sure. I haven't done the maths, but I think have 5 trees increases the number of combinations even if you're now restricted to 18-12 setups (i.e. 12-6-6 setups have been removed).

However, I agree that this is a Mastery system. There's virtually nothing left comparable to Runes aside from the ability to buy extra pages.