The short answer is "no". The long answer can be found here: https://gswiki.play.net/Empath_design_direction_(saved_post)

Honestly, I don't know why they switched empath's CS/TD from pure spirit to spirit/mental hybrid when the decision had already been made at the time not to remove the major spirit circle in favor of minor mental. It's kind of like they're a hybrid profession but not really the way things turned out.

Not that I'd want the spell circles swapped now that I know what spells are on the minor mental list. They'd be losing too much in some areas and not gaining enough back in others.... unless they switched to brawling, maybe.

Starchitin

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<Perhaps it'll get revisited in a couple decades when Savants get randomly completed.>

Ever since the PC crowd took the word "idiot" out of the RL condition and insisted they just be called "savants", I wouldn't hold my breath unless they also change the name of the profession (don't tell me there isn't anyone that would play them that way... heck, they'd prolly make them Zelian too).

I'm not sure when that happened, but made for an awkward situation a couple months ago when I tried to compliment someone on their knowledge of something obscure...

Starchitin

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Sssoooo... they would be a pure spellcasting profession, with two Minor lists [across 2 Realms] and their profession list, and they'd be underpowered.

Hmmm.

I agree, given the long development time spent on Sorcerers. (That is, that they knew from the get-go that it would be just those lists.)

I just found the, "They'd be hosed," view to be... amusing.