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The obvious answer and maybe the best, is to have a quiet friendly face to face about it away from the game. He might not realise how...

I'm a 3.0e player though I have been playing since the early 80s and have some familiarity with the Basic/Expert and 1e AD&D versions of...

It is worth noting that, while "Controller" isn't strictly its own role in WoW, it has its place--or at least it did up through when I...

I would have said that Defender and Controller are similar in that the focus of their class is limiting enemy actions. Likewise the...

I hear this sentiment a lot, that the roles are "rigid". Would you be willing to say what elements contribute to that feeling? I...

Not exactly, but multi-target damage is definitely in the control sphere. A wizard will never compete with a barbarian for damage...

Soft or hard control isn't the distinguishing aspect. The distinguishing aspect IMO is that Defender "control" is always about...

@EzekielRaiden That is what ended up happening, to be sure. I think the original design intent is closer to what I've described. Most...

The problem is, if you hard-deny all forms of soft control, then about half the Controller's stuff goes out the window too. Zones are no...

Isn't that how Defenders work, though? And why people see Defender and Controller as so similar? "No matter what you choose, you...

I've heard it distinguished as "hard" and "soft" control. And that is how Defenders work, and should be considered the functional...

I would even contest the punishing aspect. If they're still doing what they want, even at a cost, you're not controlling.

How would you categorize the more common riders by role? I think, for example, that a penalty to the target's defenses, though a...

Yeah, I get why folks have this particular belief but don't personally share it myself. Fully agreed that they share a lot--but so do...

Treantmonk's three roles, I believe, were the big stupid fighter, the glass cannon, and God. His theory was that with 4E, they split up...