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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 5241850" data-attributes="member: 11821">I think we'll really have to stick around and see what actually comes out before we start fretting overmuch about it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'm pretty comfortable with the following facts, taken together...(1) 95% of all the classes I could want have been released already, in their full, non-Essential glory.&nbsp; We're reaching the long tail of classes, with only really a Necromancer of some sort left as a main trope.(2) New Powers released for Essentials classes will remain compatible with the existing classes, so the existing classes will get plenty of support without getting outdated.The only way in which I'll &quot;have&quot; to work with an Essential version of a class will be with a brand, new one.&nbsp; The real indicator will be Heroes of Shadow.&nbsp; I'm pretty sure that will be full of Essentials-style classes, but I also can't say I'm too concerned by it.I don't think this is anywhere near the sea change that 3.5 was.&nbsp; We're not seeing any hints of straight-up replacements so far.&nbsp; (Now, if the Essentials classes are simply better than the existing ones, they will, effectively, be replacements, whether or not WotC decides to call them that.&nbsp; IMO, we still need to wait and see if that's the case.)-O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 5241850, member: 11821"] I think we'll really have to stick around and see what actually comes out before we start fretting overmuch about it. :) I'm pretty comfortable with the following facts, taken together... (1) 95% of all the classes I could want have been released already, in their full, non-Essential glory. We're reaching the long tail of classes, with only really a Necromancer of some sort left as a main trope. (2) New Powers released for Essentials classes will remain compatible with the existing classes, so the existing classes will get plenty of support without getting outdated. The only way in which I'll "have" to work with an Essential version of a class will be with a brand, new one. The real indicator will be Heroes of Shadow. I'm pretty sure that will be full of Essentials-style classes, but I also can't say I'm too concerned by it. I don't think this is anywhere near the sea change that 3.5 was. We're not seeing any hints of straight-up replacements so far. (Now, if the Essentials classes are simply [I]better[/I] than the existing ones, they will, effectively, be replacements, whether or not WotC decides to call them that. IMO, we still need to wait and see if that's the case.) -O [/QUOTE]

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