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The Slayer Fighter is as simple as you get. Extra durability should help too. The Thief is also simple, but doesn't seem appreciably easier than a Feylock. Most new players can handle move/curse/shoot with no difficulty, and the combos for Feylock powers are usually very obvious.

Mechanics aside, my main problem with the standard assassin is that the flavor is so specific. It feels like a paragon path stretched out over 30 levels. The new assassin feels more like what I think of when I hear the name of the class.

I didn't know Mike Mearls was in Van Halen.

The obvious choice is to get the Warlock's patron involved. Either he has his soul and doesn't want to give it up or whatever he wants him to accomplish isn't done yet, but there will be a larger price to pay down the line.

I spelled out some of my thoughts here. I would actually like to see conversions of classic adventures. Not "return to...," just straight-up conversions, with substantial changes only where 4e mechanics can no longer support the older material. Give me big pieces rather than small pieces of...

Yes, CB content management needs to take a quantum leap forward.

Some decent ideas here. I'd like to see these sorts of things as Dragon articles. I can see a diviner being more a leader, but I'm also all for more non-damaging control.

I had some thoughts on clutter here. I wish there was a much more robust system for including and excluding content in the character builder. For example, I want to include the swordmage but exclude Realms-specific feats (Ghostwise, Sun Elf, etc.). I want to be able to exclude things by kind...

Many thanks for all the info. Could you give us a little peak at the wizard at-wills?

Things I'd like to see: -I actually like the preview articles. I would love to see the setting-neutral Themes go up in the next month or two like Skill Powers did. Ditto for the non-combat stuff. -Longer, more substantive articles rather than short ones. I don't need the dopamine drip of daily...

I'm facing the same problem, and have decided to just wait for Heroes of the bippity boppity whatever it's called. To that extent (it's inconsistency with future Essentials stuff) I am disappointed in the Red Box, though it's still a good buy at $20.

To add to the confusion, the Red Box rogue's powers do fixed damage dice rather than [W]. And they get Weapon Finesse at second level instead of first (unlike the chart we've seen for the thief).

Whoops. You're right, they should both have it.

There are rules for 2nd level, right? Could you let us know what Thief Weapon Talent does? Thanks!

The rogues each have +1 to hit and damage I can't account for. That might be Thief Weapon Talent, which they get at 2nd level according to here. It doesn't appear to be weapon focus or expertise since it applies to both of the elf's attacks. Also neither has an extra ability like those that...

I break down the fighters here. The rogues are still mysterious to me.

Yeah, it looks like the Human Fighter has- To Hit: +1 Level +4 Str +1 Enhancement +3 Prof +1 Weapon Talent +1 Heavy Blade Expertise (like Expertise, but with the added kick of +2 AC vs. opp attacks) =+11 Damage: +4 Str +1 Enh +3 Dex +1 Probably Weapon Focus (he's human, 2 feats) =+9 The...

The characters have been posted on the Wizards site here. They're the same as the Red Box Game Day characters.

Ah, I missed that in the previews. Edit: Because I was delving and missed that ampersand...

The question he's asking is whether one Rogue build uses At-Will attack powers and the other uses At-Will move powers ("tricks") with melee basic attacks. If they both use tricks then the Red Box rogue is not the final rogue. But it's possible the two builds diverge more radically.