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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 6067396">We should not have "beginner" classes.  All classes should have an easy level of introduction.  Playing a fighter teaches you jack squat about how to play a Wizard, so why should a class that has nothing in common with another class, teach you how to play that class?  Classes should naturally gain some complexity as they advance in level, but no class should need to be "more complex" by nature.  More complex classes should not reward greater power, they should reward the player with the same thing a simple class does: being able to play the way you want.  A more "complex" build may pull off more interesting effects in ways that seem much cooler than hitting something with a big metal stick, but there's no need to reward complication with mechanically superior effects.People shouldn't be playing Fighters or Wizards because they want a complex or simple game experience.  People should be playing Fighters or Wizards because that's the type of character they enjoy playing.  No player, no matter how noobish, should be told "You can't play that." because people who cast spells are considered "advanced" and require high system mastery, and people who swing swords are considered "simple" and only require two dice rolls(hit and damage) per turn.  We do NOT want to design game systems that actively discourage people from playing.  All classes should teach how THAT class runs.  Relying on playing a Fighter to teach someone how to play a Wizard is completely backwards.  Especially when the Wizard includes mechanics that the Fighter never ever even dreams about.  Low-level Wizards should be as easy to get into as low-level fighters.  If Wizards gain more complexity over the levels by nature as opposed to the fighter who must choose to take on such complexity, that's fine.  But Wizards should not be so horridly complex that a level 1 Wizard cannot be played by a new player, and Fighters should not be so simple that a 15th-level Fighter cannot be enjoyed by an experienced player.</blockquote>

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