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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 4869379" data-attributes="member: 46713">Well, I don't know.It's true that all (PHB1) classes are similar in complexity whereas in 3E some were clearly more complex than others. But all in all, I think 4E characters are still easier to create than (most of) the least complex 3E characters.Using the Character Builder it's even easier: Select a race and class combination from the recommendations, choose a build, pick the default stat distribution and you're ready to go.I especially disbelieve that the fighter was a good intro-class in 3E. In my experience it was one of the more challenging classes if you wanted to create an effective character. My vote for the best intro-class goes to the barbarian.My 3E group is just in the process of preparing for a series of 4E trial sessions. From what I've seen so far, the players that experience the most difficulty in creating characters are the power gamers that used to plan out optimized 20 level builds before starting play.I recommended to look no further than level 3 powers to avoid the overwhelming 'wall of powers' effect I had when first reading the PHB. Since it's just a test run, they can just create new characters if they believe they'd made mistakes that cannot be corrected by retraining - assuming we decide we want to continue playing 4E...I'm also particularly pleased that the two players that are the typical 'fighter'-players in the 3E group have chosen a wizard and a cleric as their 3E characters, respectively. The barrier that kept them from playing spellcasters in 3E is definitely gone and that's a very good thing.We'll see how difficult actual play will be. Judging from some of the reports I've seen on this board, I expect combat to be a bit slow and maybe even challening in the beginning. But I also expect it to get better quickly, since most of them are quick to master new systems.</blockquote>

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