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<blockquote data-quote="Khaalis" data-source="post: 5817805" data-attributes="member: 2167">IMHO, the game can benefit from Roles. However, I don't think they should be the highly defined rigid combat-only structure of the 4E roles, which is likened to forming a group in an MMO (1 Defender, 1 Leader, 1 Controller, 2 Strikers).&nbsp; Personally, I think Roles should be revamped.Each class should list a Role that is a suggested guide on ways the class can contribute to success of a party. In many cases (with few exceptions), classes should fill more than one roll.&nbsp; The roles themselves should be redefined, something along the lines of (from Fantasy Craft):* Backer: Improves the entire party's performance* Combatant: Self-explanatory; good at fighting* Specialist: Master of one or more skills/functions* Solver: Excels at plot advancement and information gathering* Talker: The face. Great with social (NPC) interactions* Wildcards: A few rare classes like wizards fill in here; those classes that have enough going on that they can fill in for two or more roles depending on how their abilities develop.Examples:Assassin (Talker/Combatant)Bard (Talker/Backer)Fighter (Combatant)Priest (Backer/Wildcard)Ranger (Combatant/Solver)Rogue (Specialist/Combatant)Warlord (Backer/Combatant)Wizard (Wildcard)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Khaalis, post: 5817805, member: 2167"] IMHO, the game can benefit from Roles. However, I don't think they should be the highly defined rigid combat-only structure of the 4E roles, which is likened to forming a group in an MMO (1 Defender, 1 Leader, 1 Controller, 2 Strikers). Personally, I think Roles should be revamped. Each class should list a Role that is a suggested guide on ways the class can contribute to success of a party. In many cases (with few exceptions), classes should fill more than one roll. The roles themselves should be redefined, something along the lines of (from Fantasy Craft): * [b]Backer:[/b] Improves the entire party's performance * [b]Combatant:[/b] Self-explanatory; good at fighting * [b]Specialist:[/b] Master of one or more skills/functions * [b]Solver:[/b] Excels at plot advancement and information gathering * [b]Talker:[/b] The face. Great with social (NPC) interactions * [b]Wildcards:[/b] A few rare classes like wizards fill in here; those classes that have enough going on that they can fill in for two or more roles depending on how their abilities develop. [u]Examples[/u]: Assassin (Talker/Combatant) Bard (Talker/Backer) Fighter (Combatant) Priest (Backer/Wildcard) Ranger (Combatant/Solver) Rogue (Specialist/Combatant) Warlord (Backer/Combatant) Wizard (Wildcard) [/QUOTE]

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