Favored classes?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Is the favored class concept being carried over, or are racial bonuses replacing them, in terms of flavor?

 

[Szatany]

I hope for the latter. Since there will already be a mechanic to suggest a best class to each race, no need for another. Besides designers said that they are removing xp costs from the game, so it's not too much of a stretch to assume they will remove xp penalty for multiclassing as well.

 

[Technik4]

Hopefully favored classes and multiclassing restrictions died a painful death and R&D are eating Sacred Cowburgers for lunch.

 

[FireLance]

I actually posted this little piece of speculation in another thread, but it seems appropriate here as well.

I'm guessing that WotC will do away with favored classes, and replace them with racial talent trees for each of the classes, so that a dwarf fighter could emphasize his "dwarfness" by picking options from that tree. However, a dwarf that doesn't want to do that could pick options from the other talent trees instead.