I'll never live long enough to experience all of 4e

Fallen Seraph · Jun 14, 2009

Rechan said:
Forget just the options of one system. There are so many SYSTEMS out there I want to try, I could never fully enjoy them all.

Gets even worse when you are the GM and have tons of campaign ideas for different systems as well.

Mephistopheles · Jun 15, 2009

There are a lot of options, which is good and necessary for a game like 4E, but it depends on the class you're playing.

Load up the Character Builder and stat up a fighter, first level is fine, and then stat up a paladin. What do you notice? Two of my three 4E characters are divine (cleric and paladin) and the lack of interesting choices for them compared to my fighter is painfully obvious. It's laughable that if you build a human divine character that third at-will you get to choose is all but useless as you're unlikely to have the attributes to make it a viable option compared to your "prime" at-wills.

WotC need to formulate a better way of releasing class options. Additional power source books will be needed to support the introduction of new power sources and new classes added to existing power sources in future Player's Handbooks.

Looking at the 2009 schedule it seems they're trying to release a power source supplement every three months. If they can maintain that schedule then by the time Player's Handbook 3 is released we'll be looking at fifteen months between power source specific supplements for each source, assuming they stagger them. Each new power source would add three months to that.

I think they should consider structuring the power source supplements similar to Player's Handbooks and have three sources per supplement.

Dannyalcatraz · Jun 15, 2009

stonegod said:
Did I ever tell you about the many versions of my half-orc tinkerer that literally makes his own friends...

Chudpetto?

Mathew_Freeman · Jun 15, 2009

I also have a total awe-love relationship with the sheer amount of content for 4e. I'm a character creation-junkie, and I've had to stop because I simply can't explore all the options.

And yet, every month yet more arrive!

fuzzlewump · Jun 15, 2009

Mephistopheles said:
There are a lot of options, which is good and necessary for a game like 4E, but it depends on the class you're playing.

Super agree, trying to make a paladin at this point is just frustrating. I'm trying to make a paladin/fighter hybrid, so I can mark with the pally mark and then attack something else to achieve the fighter mark, adding together for a good amount of marking. Unfortunately, I found myself picking all fighter powers at level 1 (except for the one Pally at-will, of course) and I think that has to do a lot with the lack of options as well as the power of the existing options being lukewarm at best.

I understand Divine Power isn't out yet, but I wish Dragon Magazine would show them some love!