I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
I can't say hate for any of 'em. They all earn their places as full classes, as far as I'm concerned.
I will say I like the warlord the least. It's not like that archetype can't be covered by a fighter, and their only incarnation so far is inextricably linked to 4e's extreme game-ifying of HP into "stuff that can be shouted back into you" and all the silliness that accompanies that. It's also linked to 4e's limited concept of roles, which said, of COURSE rogues are there for stabbing things with swords, and other stuff, too, if the DM wants to bother with it, but mostly for stabbing things with swords.
It's still a solid concept, and I could see it being its own class, but it is not currently presented in a way I can easily stomach.
Psions are redundant, but to me, that's more about the phenomenom of "everything that uses magic = wizard" problem. Wizards can and probably should represent a slighlty narrower archetype than that, which then leaves plenty of room for psions to breathe.
I will say I like the warlord the least. It's not like that archetype can't be covered by a fighter, and their only incarnation so far is inextricably linked to 4e's extreme game-ifying of HP into "stuff that can be shouted back into you" and all the silliness that accompanies that. It's also linked to 4e's limited concept of roles, which said, of COURSE rogues are there for stabbing things with swords, and other stuff, too, if the DM wants to bother with it, but mostly for stabbing things with swords.
It's still a solid concept, and I could see it being its own class, but it is not currently presented in a way I can easily stomach.
Psions are redundant, but to me, that's more about the phenomenom of "everything that uses magic = wizard" problem. Wizards can and probably should represent a slighlty narrower archetype than that, which then leaves plenty of room for psions to breathe.
In 3.5 it was pretty good though, I thought they had it nailed down to a usable system (except you soulknife!), but 4th just isn't very good at least from the games I've been involved in, I won't try to attest to some global knowledge. Heck the class the class I feel sorriest for is the poor poor monk. He went from cool in 1e, to gone in 2e, to Hi guys I'm back in 3e/3.5e but I brought my friend flurry of misses, and then to 4e's well yeah I have weapons but see I don't need to hit you with them I just carry them to look cool. sigh, maybe 5e will fix them all.
