Given this:
“ The Battlemage is a combination of the Soldier and Arcanist masteries and is a great choice for a starter class. As a Battlemage, you have access to powerful passive and toggle buffs, as well as useful leveling abilities that are accessible early on in the skill tree, allowing you to have both respectable damage output, and survivability.”
I’m going to assume he’s talking for strict beginners who just need to get to 100. Which is easily doable and the points he made are true.
I think beginner stuff should always come with a warning something like:
“These will get you through the game (ie, campaign) but it’s good to start this and do this because you will find future characters potentially better suited for endgame. “