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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Votan" data-source="post: 5315292" data-attributes="member: 18680">I must admit I had a very different experience than you did (with the Elf F/MU and the ranger).  It is true that multi-class characters were good but careful enforcement of the rules made spell casting a lot trickier to pull off.  You needed that fireball memorized (and it was lengthy to do so).  You needed to declare it before you rolled initiative or you faced losing the spell.  With a dragon it could breathe which made that a tough gamble.  If you were in a confined space that fireball could be deadly to the caster.  Without bonus spells casters had a lot fewer spells to cast.  That is not to say that 1Eand 2E were more balanced than 3E (they were not) but I did find it possible to have a fairly enjoyable game with these editions with a variety of classes.  My major (personal viewpoint) difference is that I seemed to enjoy warrior classes (like Fighter) a lot more in 1E and 2E than 3E which seemed to be very caster friendly in comparison.</blockquote>