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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 5297638" data-attributes="member: 57112">A few months back they added the option (I repeat, option) to respec characters to Diablo 2. The message boards went INSANE. Many old Diablo grognards were decrying Blizzard for turning Diablo 2 into a "n00b" game and that they were trying to turn their beloved game into Diablo 3. Some even started talking about how they were just going to "stick-with-Diablo-1-thank-you-very-much." I'm pretty sure there were a few "2.5" cracks thrown in for good measure. The parallels are pretty much obvious.Basically, every time something changes (even if it's just an addition of new options, which by all accounts is what Essentials is) there will be plenty of outcry of the <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheyChangedItNowItSucks" target="_blank">They Changed It Now It Sucks</a> variety. The one legitimate concern of the "4.5" crowd, in my opinion, is the worry that WotC will love Essentials more than we do, and that future products will fall in lock-step with Essentials design philosophy as opposed to "traditional" 4e design philosophy. Personally, I don't see that happening. We don't have to worry about our favorite powers being errata'd Essentials-styles or our favorite classes being completely eliminated from the game. This sadly isn't as absurd a worry as it sounds because the Magic Missile errata set a dangerous precedent, but as Essentials moves forward do you really see that happening to any other power? Magic Missile was an iconic spell and they couldn't rightly have two different powers with the same name, so you can almost understand why they did that, but what else would they change for those same, or any other reasons? I really can't think of anything.No, I think all we're going to see is more options. And options are not changes.</blockquote>

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