Yep, Kabbalist1 is really good for the skills it gives. I too see Kabbalist more as a support class too. Given the skills C1 and C2 gives, we can already guess how will C3 kabbalist be like, more support based off Notarikon/Gematria and perhaps debuff skills that lowers enemy stats on a % based off numerals rolled.
I’m just thinking aloud on what the future will be like once R9 and R10 hits. If power creep continues on like how it is like for mobs in 280-330, and skill damage remains as fixed numbers as what it is currently, it is going to get harder and harder to actually maintain a FS character without any kind of damage skill within the build to support playing outside of a party.
Base on trends, maps 330-380 will be made up of monsters having 300-400k hp. R8 classes are the 1st end game classes we see in ToS, since the game goes up to R10 and R8 will have its circle3 by then. From here we can roughly gauge how much end game damage we will need to do or mitigate for FS builds.
Have not seen the new C2 Merkabah how it fares in pve, very hard to find a video that showcases it.