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<blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 5488548" data-attributes="member: 63763">Basically, with the Heroes books they were taking the most popular/core classes and doing them again. So the issue becomes, how do you take the MOST supported classes and not only do something that is new, that is playable on it's own AND with the old stuff, and that isn't overly complicated. Basically, they had to &quot;cut off&quot; the old stuff, at least to some extent, so that the new content didn't automatically include ALL of the old content. It's hard to create a streamlined or beginner's version of a class, that happens to encompass EVERYTHING from the original class and more. Also, by not absorbing the original classes, they don't replace them, giving you different options. In the case of the cleric, you have complete choice of powers, including the new ones, instead of being shackled into the new build.&nbsp;[And, don't forget, with the old way there were the various &quot;two attack stat&quot; classes which basically were two seperate classes you couldn't tie together without completely ignoring their 'secondary' stat which provide most of your bonuses.]&nbsp;They ended up with a middle ground of &quot;new classes with familiar names/styles&quot; to deal with the fact that they were trying to make iconic classes accesible to new people when those classes have been so well supported that they have TONS of powers and options available and it would be a diservice to both old and new to just throw more stuff on to the pile instead of at least trying to make a new one. Trying to avoid that whole power creep thing some people worry about. For example, the thief has some ridiculous stuff it can do ... but it also loses access to amazing dailies like knockout.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WalterKovacs, post: 5488548, member: 63763"] Basically, with the Heroes books they were taking the most popular/core classes and doing them again. So the issue becomes, how do you take the MOST supported classes and not only do something that is new, that is playable on it's own AND with the old stuff, and that isn't overly complicated. Basically, they had to "cut off" the old stuff, at least to some extent, so that the new content didn't automatically include ALL of the old content. It's hard to create a streamlined or beginner's version of a class, that happens to encompass EVERYTHING from the original class and more. Also, by not absorbing the original classes, they don't replace them, giving you different options. In the case of the cleric, you have complete choice of powers, including the new ones, instead of being shackled into the new build. [And, don't forget, with the old way there were the various "two attack stat" classes which basically were two seperate classes you couldn't tie together without completely ignoring their 'secondary' stat which provide most of your bonuses.] They ended up with a middle ground of "new classes with familiar names/styles" to deal with the fact that they were trying to make iconic classes accesible to new people when those classes have been so well supported that they have TONS of powers and options available and it would be a diservice to both old and new to just throw more stuff on to the pile instead of at least trying to make a new one. Trying to avoid that whole power creep thing some people worry about. For example, the thief has some ridiculous stuff it can do ... but it also loses access to amazing dailies like knockout. [/QUOTE]

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