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<blockquote data-quote="Spatula" data-source="post: 4070015" data-attributes="member: 2198">The 3e PHB has initial &quot;builds&quot; listed for every character class.&nbsp; Later supplements had all kinds of suggested skill/feat selections for different character archtypes (this goes even further back to the days of 2e kits).&nbsp; On the mechanical side, prestige class requirements practically mandated that you plan your character's advancement out ahead of time if you wished to take levels in a PrC.&nbsp; This is not something new.&nbsp; Nor was it something invented by MMOs (as far as video games go, the concept goes back to Diablo 2 if not further).&nbsp; It's a natural consequence of allowing players to customize their characters' abilities.In the context of the 4e rogue writeup, it's advice given to players who might not know better, and similar content can be found all throughout the 3e books (and 2e books).&nbsp; Complaining about this is about as silly as all the 4e-is-better-than-3e-because-of-X strawmen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spatula, post: 4070015, member: 2198"] The 3e PHB has initial "builds" listed for every character class. Later supplements had all kinds of suggested skill/feat selections for different character archtypes (this goes even further back to the days of 2e kits). On the mechanical side, prestige class requirements practically mandated that you plan your character's advancement out ahead of time if you wished to take levels in a PrC. This is not something new. Nor was it something invented by MMOs (as far as video games go, the concept goes back to Diablo 2 if not further). It's a natural consequence of allowing players to customize their characters' abilities. In the context of the 4e rogue writeup, it's advice given to players who might not know better, and similar content can be found all throughout the 3e books (and 2e books). Complaining about this is about as silly as all the 4e-is-better-than-3e-because-of-X strawmen. [/QUOTE]

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