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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 6077463" data-attributes="member: 82106">Eh, but there wasn't a heck of a lot of distinction between different fighters using melee weapons in previous editions. You would do slightly different damage in some editions with different weapons, and it might be handy to pick up a spear if someone charged you, etc, but the difference between a Mace and a Battle Axe was pretty much zip. At most you specialized in a fighting style with specialization, and most PCs had a magic weapon they wouldn't give up (best to use your +2 sword against skeletons vs a normal mace, etc). Now, consider a 4e fighter, he can also pick up any melee weapon (and is proficient with most of them by default). He's also going to probably prefer one weapon. Not sure I see a big difference. Likewise nonspecialized use of a bow and MBA use of a bow aren't radically different, the 4e and the 2e fighter can both pick one up and use it.In either edition any PC could CALL himself a "paladin" and fight however he wanted. There wasn't much reason to want to play an actual paladin in AD&D and use a bow (code of honor aside it just didn't leverage the characters strengths much). Likewise in 4e, you wouldn't probably want to do that.</blockquote>