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Some kits had mechanical requirements, such as extra ability score requirements over and above the class requirements. The kits were a career package, meant to be with you over the course of play from 1st level up. They were for people who wanted particular role playing opportunities...

Everyone can participate in exploration and social interaction. The thief, bard, ranger, and druid are specialists at this, but everyone else should feel equally skilled.

These have always been traditional strengths of the AD&D and D&D games. It's nice that 5th Edition makes a good effort to return to them. If you start new characters at 1st level, they can contribute even if they adventure with much higher level characters. The example of the Lord of the...

It would be over-powered, except where the rules already allow it. They do in 2nd Edition at least. I am not sure about 1st Edition.

Does anyone have a new combat role to propose?

It's grossly over-powered. I'd disallow it, even if I said they could use anything in the PHB. You want to make an exception in this case.

It's not a defender.

I would never do that. With this last post, I had said you could call yourself that. I didn't appreciate your sentiments against it.

I wonder why.

Speaking of "any other objectives" within 4e, the combat roles come to mind.

It's just part of board games. Every edition of D&D shares it to a lesser degree.

It's not unique to 4e, it's just a quality of a board game experience. D&D shares that with board games, even though the proverbial object of play, also known as how to win, is open-ended. You win each time you achieve the objectives in the adventure. You also win as you advance in level, and...

I think you should give feedback at the end of every session. A good DM will ask for it.

I see. Most would be open to doing it differently, but the main thing I was saying is people thought of it as "the standard way". It 100% had some standing as such, and some people would call starting at higher than 1st level cheating and a sign of a bad campaign in other areas.

Clear objectives are a way the players can win.

The discussion can naturally lead to what the roles were before, why they were what they were before, and why those roles are again in 5th Edition. That makes the 4e roles more than relevant. In the interests of correcting misunderstandings, the thread has become so long. It is very important...

I'm sorry you feel that way. Both with what you feel about me, and about ENWorld. I don't think anyone here is ignorant, and I would never call someone ignorant. I am not guilty of any hypocrisy, not in the slightest. I may not be able to protect D&D, but I have tried to diligently. I do...

Note that it requires a ruling, though. There is no way to know how the game says to do it by the book.

Oooh! There is also more to follow on your turns. You get to read and see what you do with the powers like you were playing a board game.

I can't relate to your observations about the changes between AD&D and 4th Edition "mostly being the players' options all being in the PHB, and not some in the DMG or even in the MM", first let me say. I didn't know how to answer you exactly, but you give me more of an opportunity here with...