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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 7015083" data-attributes="member: 46713">To the contrary I'd argue that they're extremely well-balanced, assuming each role is similarly important for them to succeed in combat.But why do believe that people like playing buffers and healers? That's totally not my experience. D&D 4e is the only RPG system/edition where I notice that interest in playing a leader is about as high as playing a class filling some other role. And the reason is easy to see: They don't have to be _dedicated_ healers. It's the opposite of D&D 3e where a cleric was hardly more than a buff-/healbot. In 3e we were basically drawing straws to decide who'd have to fill this unpopular role.And in our 4e group, the defender is definitely getting the limelight very often. It's true that our main striker often evokes more awe because he's the one killing most of the opposition, but everyone realizes it's the defender's expertise that allows the striker to do so. The defender is also the one character that our DM is complaining about the most because it's so hard to scratch or disable him even temporarily.</blockquote>