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<blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 5250666" data-attributes="member: 61155">Sure, the Wizards builds in Arcane Power are pretty close to the standard Wizard. &nbsp;What about the Battlerager Fighter? The Beastmaster Ranger? The Archer Warlord?&nbsp;Some of these guys are trading out significant class features for entirely new ones. Changing armor proficiencies, modes of attack, fighting styles. &nbsp;Do the Essentials classes go even a step farther from there? Sure, maybe. But that doesn't mean that they are displacing the existing classes in any way, any more than the Archer Warlord replaced the existing Warlord builds. &nbsp;It presents a new option to existing players. More likely, it presents an easy option for new players - and one that, once they move on from there, they likely start expanding their options via all the built in material. That's the beauty of the design - if it does bring in new players, by keeping the existing material current, they have an entire library completely ready to sell to these new players when they want to expand their options.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrMyth, post: 5250666, member: 61155"] Sure, the Wizards builds in Arcane Power are pretty close to the standard Wizard. What about the Battlerager Fighter? The Beastmaster Ranger? The Archer Warlord? Some of these guys are trading out significant class features for entirely new ones. Changing armor proficiencies, modes of attack, fighting styles. Do the Essentials classes go even a step farther from there? Sure, maybe. But that doesn't mean that they are displacing the existing classes in any way, any more than the Archer Warlord replaced the existing Warlord builds. It presents a new option to existing players. More likely, it presents an easy option for new players - and one that, once they move on from there, they likely start expanding their options via all the built in material. That's the beauty of the design - if it does bring in new players, by keeping the existing material current, they have an entire library completely ready to sell to these new players when they want to expand their options. [/QUOTE]

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