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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7172466" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>To put it in 3.5 terms, a few under-supported classes (Runepriest, et al) are arguably Tier 4, the rest are Tier 3. The post-Essentials Wizard could be considered overpowered (the wizard was a premier controller, and arguably the most versatile class in the game, before Essentials), but even then, it's more like the top of Tier 3 than Tier 2 the way the 3.x Sorcerer was Tier 2.</p><p></p><p>The 'crimes' of Essentials are as much in the form of needless inconsistency as actual imbalance, though they are imbalanced by 4e stanadards (and, I suppose, probably 'too balanced' by other D&D standards).</p><p></p><p>...and, it is, indeed, a very easy system to run (again, by D&D standards), if you just use the guidelines and have players that aren't going out of there way to make your life difficult... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>...that said, the player side of the game was more consistent, so probably easier to take in and run for, prior to PH3 & Essentials.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7172466, member: 996"] To put it in 3.5 terms, a few under-supported classes (Runepriest, et al) are arguably Tier 4, the rest are Tier 3. The post-Essentials Wizard could be considered overpowered (the wizard was a premier controller, and arguably the most versatile class in the game, before Essentials), but even then, it's more like the top of Tier 3 than Tier 2 the way the 3.x Sorcerer was Tier 2. The 'crimes' of Essentials are as much in the form of needless inconsistency as actual imbalance, though they are imbalanced by 4e stanadards (and, I suppose, probably 'too balanced' by other D&D standards). ...and, it is, indeed, a very easy system to run (again, by D&D standards), if you just use the guidelines and have players that aren't going out of there way to make your life difficult... ;) ...that said, the player side of the game was more consistent, so probably easier to take in and run for, prior to PH3 & Essentials. [/QUOTE]
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