Masquerade said:I don't believe there has been any evidence either way.
Personally, I favor the "more talent trees" approach.
Sigdel said:I agree, in a way. It sounds more like they are going to be more into character variants rather than PrC's. But PrC's allow you to achieve things that some variants just cant touch. But that is in 3.5. 4e may work differently.
The quote you are referring to doesn't actually say that PrC are in. It says that you don't stop being a Barbarian. You are always a Barbarian, the Frenzied Berserker part comes later.A'koss said:Prestige classes are in, but are changing. It seems that you don't stop being your primary class when you take them - the example given was that you don't stop being a Barbarian when you take the Berserker PrC. Perhaps PrCs are handled more like talent trees now...
The quote:Majoru Oakheart said:The quote you are referring to doesn't actually say that PrC are in. It says that you don't stop being a Barbarian. You are always a Barbarian, the Frenzied Berserker part comes later.
I got the impression that when they were referring to the "Frenzied Berserker" part they meant that you'd be taking high level Barbarian abilities that turned you into a "Frenzied Berserker" but you'd never actually take a PrC to get those powers.
Who knows though as I haven't heard any official word one way or another.
A'koss said:The quote:
"Prestige classes will still exist, but different. They want to make them easier to integrate. They also don't want you to have to stop being your core class to enter a prestige class- you could be a frenzied berserker but you'd still advance as a barbarian. They couldn't say much on this."
New Prestige Classes are also mentioned as a feature of the upcoming D&D Insider magazine.