I can only speak for myself, of course. But at the time they announced 3E, it was clear for me and my group that 2e had become a horribly broken game.
While it was soon clear that 3E was going to have problems of its own, I highly anticipated that edition because the better streamlining and...
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I don't think I will switch.
First of all, in my core 3.5 campaign there is a bard, a druid and a sorcerer. Base classes in 3e but now severly degraded to splat book level. I'm honestly very disappointed that WOTC obliterated almost half (5 out of 11) their base classes from their core 4E...
There's nothing wrong with straightlining the rules.
But what makes this game great fun to play is (for me at least) the amount of options you have.
There are better ways to help newcomers than tight character design. Give them pregenerated characters (and a bunch of online support!).
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I know, the rules we know about are sketchy at best and don't provide a proper view of the whole ruleset. We have no idea what the multiclass ruling will be.
Until then, you're right to point out that multiclassing will hopefully provide for the (much needed imho) flexibility in character...
The thing I'm most concerned with is the small number of classes combined with a system that at the moment does't shine in flexibility.
There are the four 'roles' and every class seems build around its 'role' in the party (leader, striker,etc..). There seems to be little room for a character to...