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<blockquote data-quote="juboke" data-source="post: 5243005" data-attributes="member: 80581">“We’ve charted a new direction in class design with the Essentials products. It’s a direction we intend to use from here on out.”&nbsp;If this is the case I do not see the problem.&nbsp;4e is designed with this in mind – to be completely compatible with older material as well as diverse enough for newer elements to be added.&nbsp;You can’t look at D&amp;D Essentials as for “beginners”. If that was the case then it should have been designed for the first tier of play. Its goal is to be “friendlier” to beginners.&nbsp;Also you can’t look at older 4e material as traditional. There will never be a 4.5 but rather 4e can and will evolve (with products like D&amp;D Essentials) no matter if the material is from 2008, 2010 or even later.&nbsp;Good business sense by Wizards of the Coast. Continue to build on an existing model rather than creating a new edition every couple of years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="juboke, post: 5243005, member: 80581"] “We’ve charted a new direction in class design with the Essentials products. [B]It’s a direction we intend to use from here on out.”[/B] If this is the case I do not see the problem. 4e is designed with this in mind – to be completely compatible with older material as well as diverse enough for newer elements to be added. You can’t look at D&D Essentials as for “beginners”. If that was the case then it should have been designed for the first tier of play. Its goal is to be “friendlier” to beginners. Also you can’t look at older 4e material as traditional. There will never be a 4.5 but rather 4e can and will evolve (with products like D&D Essentials) no matter if the material is from 2008, 2010 or even later. Good business sense by Wizards of the Coast. Continue to build on an existing model rather than creating a new edition every couple of years. [/QUOTE]

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