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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hejdun" data-source="post: 1027021" data-attributes="member: 839">In other words, they realized they were still going to have errors and unbalancing situations anyways, and choose to push out 3.5 now anyways, and then leave the rest of the changes to be fixed when 4.0 comes out in 2-3 years.In a way, I can see why they chose do to this.  After all, there's no easy fix to the class system that won't totally change the basic foundation 3.0 lay.  They used these classes (Mystic Theurge, Eldritch Knight) as bandaids for the most archetypal of multiclasses (fighter/mage, cleric/wizard) and left the big, gaping hole alone, because fixing the hemmorhage would require major surgery, which would really dig below the surface of the skin of what 3.5 is supposed to be.And, just for my cynical comment on the end, you can see the marketing reason to leaving holes.  That way you don't leave the consumer base satisfied with the rules and then you present them something (4.0) that deals with those holes.  It's like Games Workshop's strategy with Warhammer 40k; you leave it broken, and sell a whole lot of little 'fixes'.  Another company does the same thing, and I'll give you some hints on who they are.  They are a thoroughly evil software company that is taking over the world.</blockquote>