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The subclasses all but one increased complexity of the whole. You might have an argument if each had 3 simple subclasses. Or even TWO...

The fighter and barbarian are not simple. Only the champion and berserker are. If 90% of the subclass are semicomplex or complex....

Seriously Batman would be a Ranger with a special variant rule that converts spells to magic items.

"What is your superpower?" Batman: "I'm rich."

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Here's the key part. Fighters and barbarians aren't simple.. Each has a simple subclass. There are no simple classes in fifth...

Im not against +X items. +X items are traditional and I think they should exist. But not be the norm. Like I'm okay with +1 swords...

Meaning magic items should be less +X and more turning weapon or spell damage to another damage types or giving new language or some...

5e was designed around 0 +X magic items. But 5e was designed around getting non +X magic items in a slow increasing escalation. But...

Yeah. "Simple" classes is really just having 1 subsystem. Just Spell Slots Just Spell Points Just Cantrips Just "I attack" Just Cure...

In 3.5, sure. In 5.5 they are much more complicated thanks to meta magic and sorcery points being a second resource to track.

4e gave answers. 1e and 3e gave the answer but hid it in another answer. So if you ignored the Magic Item Tables or Wealth by Level...

Thats who the Treadmill typically was for. Weapon users using weapons.. Only 4E put it on spellcasters, as well. But most of them...

It still was a Treadmill in 1e and 2e. If you needed a +1 item by a certain level to deal damage to any extra planar monster, still...

Games are supposed to tell you what way to play. If you didn’t want to change the way you were playing, why would you need different rules?