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<blockquote data-quote="Frostmarrow" data-source="post: 4176801" data-attributes="member: 1122"><p>People are beginning to design new classes for 4E. This is all fun but I'm beginning to be bothered about the hybrid classes. In 4E a class should belong to one of four roles; leader, controller, striker, or defender. We have also learned that the druid might become a hybrid; that the druid might be a leader and controller simultaeously. Hybrid classing suddenly looks like a good compromise when designing a new class, to get the flavor just right. But it isn't. In my humble opinion. It's just lazy design. What do you think?</p><p></p><p>When designing a new class one need to be think twice before making it a hybrid, lest too many new classes will be hybrids. What's the point of having roles then?</p><p></p><p>Let's say we are designing a knight class and can't decide between leader and defender. Is making the knight a hybrid a good choice? No, I'd rather have both; a leader knight and a defender knight.</p><p></p><p>I don't know about you but I will think twice before allowing a hybrid into my game. I hope designers will have the determination to steer clear of this potentially game breaking design choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frostmarrow, post: 4176801, member: 1122"] People are beginning to design new classes for 4E. This is all fun but I'm beginning to be bothered about the hybrid classes. In 4E a class should belong to one of four roles; leader, controller, striker, or defender. We have also learned that the druid might become a hybrid; that the druid might be a leader and controller simultaeously. Hybrid classing suddenly looks like a good compromise when designing a new class, to get the flavor just right. But it isn't. In my humble opinion. It's just lazy design. What do you think? When designing a new class one need to be think twice before making it a hybrid, lest too many new classes will be hybrids. What's the point of having roles then? Let's say we are designing a knight class and can't decide between leader and defender. Is making the knight a hybrid a good choice? No, I'd rather have both; a leader knight and a defender knight. I don't know about you but I will think twice before allowing a hybrid into my game. I hope designers will have the determination to steer clear of this potentially game breaking design choice. [/QUOTE]
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