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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9553295" data-attributes="member: 6790260">Only if you believe the 3e model was not "one true way."It is. It puts hyper-naturalism and "choice" ahead of actually making those choices meaningful or impactful, other than by screwing you over because you failed to reach X prerequisite 10 levels ago. And, beyond that? 5.0 went absolutely hardcore for the One True Way of "eh, you're the DM, you figure it out."Turns out, that approach has some pretty serious flaws, and 5.5e is an attempt to address those flaws.I mean, as long as you ignore Slayer, sure. Or all the various ways of building that turn you into an absolute beast at damage-dealing. Which was a thing--Fighters so good at kicking arse, monsters would fear not targeting them.Saying "your fighters a defender" is like saying that 100% of clerics are healbots because their spell list includes cure wounds. Yes, every Fighter had the basic defender features. So what? You don't have to use them if you don't want to. Just as how you can build a Cleric in 5e that never once provides healing to anyone, even though their spell list is cluttered with options that provide healing.Yeah, y'know, the first or second most complained-about thing in 5e.</blockquote>