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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stuntman" data-source="post: 4922747" data-attributes="member: 84817">Interesting.  I find that I build more characters for fun in 4E than I did in 3E.  Just because I make the same number of decisions when building a character at any given level, does not mean that those decisions are necessarily the same.  I find that with 4E, I always want to pick more things than I have slots for.  It forces me to make a decision on what to choose.  If I choose one option, I have to choose to give up a second or third good option.  I never feel that the character is done and look forward to choosing something more the next level.  In the end, even if I do not plan to play the character, I build them with the intention that they would play differently.Yeah.  This sounds a lot like the psion.I personally got over the fact that non-casters use one mechanic for their abilities and casters use another.  I personally see no value in one character that has a lack of options and another character having an overwhelming amount of options.I'm not sure what your complaint is here.  If you want to keep your Sleep spell from level 1 to 30, you can.As for the reason for the power swapping, I think that the intent is to not overwhelm the player with so many encounter and daily powers.  I find that a level 1 character already has a great many options in combat.  Adding 3 more encounters, 3 more dailies, plus a bunch of utility powers and feats would progressively increase the number of options and things to keep track of at higher levels.  Adding 4 more encounters and dailies may not really add much value when playing epic characters.</blockquote>

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