Hi, I've been playing with the new Hierophant character since release and found it quite fun, with some caveats.

I wanted to report some bugs and add some suggestions related to the class (or the game as a whole).

Bugs/quirks:

• A level up unlocks an empty/unusable Hierophant spell with blue icon (see Drill Abbot Level 33).
• Wrong tutorial for Hierophant "Spell Setup" screen (shows pop-ups for "Retinue Management" screen).
• "Field Drug Distiller" Perk doesn't calculate duration bonus for yellow inoculator effects correctly when effect duration is also increased by other components. It works correctly for unmodified duration. Tested with: "Psychon + Holdfast + Hodfast", resulting in 11 seconds duration (instead of 10*1.75 or 5*1.75 + 5). 
• Missing Hierophant voiceover for Data Station activation ("I wonder what this machine does", "I would rather have my Tech-Priest dealing with this", etc.).
  
• Retinue companions inactive when main char is manning a turret.
• Companions disappear from scene if there's dialogue after teleport (general bug, but more evident with Hierophant).
• "Improved Bulwark of the Order" passive skill: retinue members don't seem to stick to the barrier (as in the description, "Your Retinue Members seek shelter in your Bulwark"). This may be due conflicting AI priorities instead of a true bug, but it should be looked at since currently the passive effect is not apparent.
• Retinue Members seem to be unaffected by environmental damage and traps (mines, exploding tanks, etc.). They also don't trigger laser traps, mines, etc. (EDIT: they DO trigger mines, great!)  Maybe this was intentional to avoid player annoyance, but I'd much rather have the retinue interact with the game elements as real entities.
• Martyr Chapter 3 Investigation - Revelations: fourth and final clue link and text missing (text shows missing string message, clue doesn't open).
• Martyr Chapter 3 Investigation - The Secret Weapon: seventh and final clue shows wrong video (Alpha Pariah being removed from stasis, should be Alpha Pariah meditating).
• Cover stops working frequently and randomly. When using cover, often the Hierophant can't fire or use skills at all (and sometimes even gets stuck after exiting cover). This was tested with Single Press cover mode OFF. Going to the Options screen and enabling/disabling this option fixes the problem temporarily, but it can quickly reoccur afterwards. Retinue members seem to be affected too (i.e., they don't fire / use skills when taking cover).
• Cover animations (when cover works correctly - see above) seem wrong: the character turns his back to the target and bullets travel backwards!
• The cutscene after the final mission of the "Craftworld Aeldari" investigation (which shows an important discussion with Inquisitor Mercer) gets stuck with both character facing each other but not talking. You're forced to skip it, losing the context of what you're doing.
• "Finding the Harlequin" mission has a broken dialogue text string.
• After an Imperial Guard mission mini-event (the ones with the ("Imperial reconnaissance squad has been located..." message) the dialogue screen remains on the screen with empty dialog.
• On "Datahunt" missions, dialogue from Metrodora Thelema upon Data Terminal activation cuts off before it's ended.
• "Grenadier" passive skill in the "Area Effects" Tree is useless for Hierophant since he doesn't have access to grenades. Note that for Psyker, this skill is replaced by an appropriate one for the class, "Implosion". A similar measure is needed here (an alternative would be to simply give access to grenades to the Hierophant).

Suggestions:

• This may be controversial, but Retinue companions move and act too fast, which doesn't result in a very satisfying experience as you can't even tell what they're doing most of the time. I recommend giving them slightly slower base walking and animation speeds, which is Ok since they are currently quite powerful. This could also be achieved selectively via a Perk (e.g., 25% slower movement/attack speed,  X% higher Resistance, Damage and/or Critical Power) or a Passive Skill.
• Allow players to name their retinue characters, so that their tag shows e.g.,  [PLAYER_CRUSADER_NAME] instead of "Crusader".
• Currently the only way to lock characters to cover is to take cover yourself, which is Ok. However, ranged characters seem quite passive when taking cover (they rarely shoot). Please check their attack pattern. Also, see some suggestions for more reliable ways to lock them to cover below.
• In general, "Orders" don't feel as satisfying as they should because the retinue override them quite quickly. In general, players would wish for Orders to be overridden with another Order and not via expiration time. Please, either tweak the times/cooldowns with this in mind, or just have permanent duration orders (overridden only by very large distance from Hierophant or another Order). Could also be achieved selectively via a "Sticky Orders" toggle in the Options menu.
• Another important problem with Orders is that it's rather awkward to switch to them with the "Tab" key. Often I find I wish to give an Order and end up using a skill, or viceversa. I'd suggest the following which fixes this and opens up the gameplay:
  • Have the Orders bar show up with a combination key (e.g., with Ctrl key: Ctrl+LClick, Ctrl +RClick, Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3 and Ctrl+4). I've seen this control pattern work great in other ARPGs.
  • Give the Hierophant his second Weapon Set with "Tab" (this normalizes the behavior among Classes and helps with variety).
  • (Optional) Open up a second weapon set for the Retinue Members and have them switch when you do (after they finish current action). This would be extremely fun and open up a lot of crazy builds (e.g., you could switch from a fully ranged to a fully melee party, have a specialized skill set for Champion/Villain enemies, etc.).
• Adding voiceovers for Orders ("Attack!", "To me!", etc.) would go a long way to make them feel distinctive, as true commands instead of spells or abstract "effects". I know it's tricky to get new voice lines (though some you already have e.g.,  for emotes) but this would greatly improve the experience.
• For the same reason, adding animations for Orders is essential. You don't need new ones, as you can use time-adjusted emote animations, e.g., "Charge" emote for "Move to Position"/"Focused Charge", "Imperial Bow" emote for "Salvation", etc.
• Some additional suggestions related to orders:
  • You may consider having Orders not share cooldowns, to favor adaptability.
  • "Move To Position" Order: effects should last longer than 5 seconds. When pointed to cover granting object, ranged-equipped characters should take said cover. 
  • "Defend" Order: should be able to be applied to interactive defensible object / character (e.g., those on defense missions, and escort missions).
  • "Salvation" Order: retinue seems to ignore this one (probably because the duration is so short that they have other priorities before you notice its effects).
  • "Sacrifice" Order: its behavior suggests that this should be reclassified as a Spell, so that a more tactically-relevant Order can take its slot. For example:
    • "Take Cover":  Targeted Retinue Member seeks cover nearest to Hierophant. Buff: Targeted Retinue Member character gains +N weapon range (if using ranged weapon) or Supreme Damage Resist (if using melee weapon).
    • "Covering Fire":  all Retinue Members surround the Hierophant and restore his Suppression at a rate of X%/s. Retinue Members suffer Suppression damage at a rate of X%/s but deal +N% Suppression Damage.
• Passive Trees: the class seems to need an additional tree or passives to have more compelling choices in build construction. The Hierophant-specific trees feel almost mandatory in that they confer a clearly higher benefit than the rest, and don't take that many points to fill-up. Contrast with e.g., the Tech Adept, who has four trees and the Support tree (I guess this was omitted from the Hierophant to have a tighter control on resource generation), so that you are encouraged to experiment with partial assignment of class-specific trees and forking into various weapon/defense/support skills.
• Passive Trees, cont.: another thing missing from the Hierophant is passive skills tailored to the class peppered throughout the passive trees shared with other classes (e.g., the Psyker has many unique skills related to Psych Powers and Warp State in common passive trees).
• Hierophant voiceovers are still (after hotfix) quieter than the rest. They should be normalized, if possible.
• EDIT: already done in a previous update! Thanks! Remove shield graphic effects when on the bridge, and add Menu Option to remove them on missions. General comment, but specially relevant to Hierophant.
• Add a way to modify the appearance of Retinue Armor and Weapons on the Appearance tab of the Crafting menu (Omicron Arkh).
• Add a few additional belt items types to Retinue Members, as the current selection is entirely defense-oriented. Examples: "Fabricator Scatter Field" (great fun for ranged characters!), "Flash Grenade" and "Stun Grenade" (those may be Crusader-exclusive).
• "Echoes of Purgatory" aura graphical effects are too distracting / bright for a permanent skill. Please make them subtler.
• Hierophant has clearly much less care put into it appearance-wise than other classes (see below). I believe this warrants a second pass to give that extra care and polish.
  • He misses details such as showing the specific Belt Items and Purity Seals.
  • He has very few armor base appearances/variations.
  • He shows rather limited customization in the Appearance tab (most Hierophant items have one color point instead of two, robe main color is not customizable).
  • As above, Hierophant animations seem rather limited/perfunctory. At the very least, a new animation for Orders and another for Resurrections should be added (see above for suggestion of repurposing emote animations for this purpose).