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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lizard" data-source="post: 4198002" data-attributes="member: 1054">Oh well, it's 20 pages in, and I might as well comment.I'm glad I waited, since my first comments would have been based on a misunderstanding of the rules -- I thought you could only get three powers, max, from the second class, which would have been t3h suxx0r. But it seems you can get about 1/3rd of your powers from the second class (if you spend all your feats on them), which is pretty good. It's not 50/50, obviously, but it does let you do a lot.Given the feats we've seen, powers seem like a better choice. Especially since there's no tiers or levels or prequisites. I'm trying to see why EVERYONE won't multiclass in 4e. Take the novice feat at first level, grab some Cool Bennies (more than I think you'd get for a feat), then wait until that cool power that synergizes perfectly comes along. Every fighter can toss a Fireball to weaken the enemy before closing with them or cleaning out minions. Actually, it seems spellcasters will be less likely to multiclass, as it's more useful for a fighter (who gives up no hit points or save bonuses) to gain some area-effect spells than it is for a wizard (who GAINS no hit points or ability to use armor, etc) to get some trivial extra trick he can do with his staff -- which he shouldn't be wielding in melee anyway if everyone else is doing their job right. Indeed, I think "two feats for a nuke" is a tradeoff every melee class will want to make -- especially since it's not a permanent choice and you can swap out powers any time you level. Just taking the training feat so you always have the option to grab cool powers strikes me as no-brainer. Wizards and Warlocks synergize nicely, too.Have we seen how 'multiclassing instead of paragon' is going to work yet?It's a long step from the 'build your own class' model of 3x, but it seems to work within the 4e paradigm of strictly defined roles and niche protection uber alles. The one-class-limit seems to be a "We admit we couldn't get this working right but the deadline is due" fix, a limitation which has no in-game logic at all. If Joe Fighter can grab wizard training at 12th level, why can't he also grab ranger training at 14th? Hell, if he can drop powers, why can't he drop Wizard and pick up Ranger? If multiclassing was a choice you had to make at first level -- representing childhood training or whatever -- the one class limit would make sense.</blockquote>

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