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<blockquote data-quote="ferratus" data-source="post: 5778208" data-attributes="member: 55966">Leaders are best at healing/buffing and have powers for that, Controllers have powers which disrupt opponents attacks and movement, Defenders have powers that aborb damage, and strikers have powers that do lots of damage.&nbsp;&nbsp; So yes, you are pigeon-holed by your class.&nbsp; Sometimes too much, because you can't make a really effective Theurge with the cleric or a damage-dealing fighter without choosing a similar class (ie. invoker) or a different class build (ie. fighter slayer).&nbsp; &nbsp; I defineately think there is room to improve this.On the other hand, not having roles or rewarding people for having different roles, pretty much turns D&amp;D into a game where all that matters is maximizing damage output and minimizing damage input.&nbsp;&nbsp; That's why in editions from 1e-3e if you had a party of clerics (the masters of minimizing damage input) you were good to go.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you have a party of clerics (or any other party comprised of a single role) in 4e, you're paste.So by pigeon-holeing a class (or monster) like they did in 4e, they opened up more options in how the party should work as a team.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think however there should be a way to have customized party dynamics without losing customizable classes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ferratus, post: 5778208, member: 55966"] Leaders are best at healing/buffing and have powers for that, Controllers have powers which disrupt opponents attacks and movement, Defenders have powers that aborb damage, and strikers have powers that do lots of damage. So yes, you are pigeon-holed by your class. Sometimes too much, because you can't make a really effective Theurge with the cleric or a damage-dealing fighter without choosing a similar class (ie. invoker) or a different class build (ie. fighter slayer). I defineately think there is room to improve this. On the other hand, not having roles or rewarding people for having different roles, pretty much turns D&D into a game where all that matters is maximizing damage output and minimizing damage input. That's why in editions from 1e-3e if you had a party of clerics (the masters of minimizing damage input) you were good to go. If you have a party of clerics (or any other party comprised of a single role) in 4e, you're paste. So by pigeon-holeing a class (or monster) like they did in 4e, they opened up more options in how the party should work as a team. I think however there should be a way to have customized party dynamics without losing customizable classes. [/QUOTE]

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