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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jasin" data-source="post: 4924485" data-attributes="member: 7531">Isn't this also very present in 4E? Perhaps not as present as in 3E, but enough to be an issue?Opting for a shield fighter vs. a (pre-errata) battle rager fighter? Opting for warlock vs. a sorcerer? Opting to have any bracer slot item that's not iron armbands of power vs. iron armbands of power? Any weapon that is not bloodclaw vs. a bloodclaw? Numerous powers which get passed again and again vs. those that get picked again and again?This is my experience, and while it's not the issue originally under question, it's very much interconnected. Most people want both variety and equality, and are willing to trade one off against the other, only in different amounts. I like the difference in structure between the 3E fighter and the 3E wizard, but I hate the fact that wizard is awesome and the fighter not so much. I'd be willing to sacrifice that bit of variety if it meant that everyone is awesome, but that is decidedly not my experience in 4E.To extend the sports analogy, 3E has the golfer and the footballer. It kind of sucks that each mostly sits out the other guy's game, and it really sucks that they're mostly playing football, rugby and wrestling with just a bit of golf. But 4E has the pro quarterback and the amateur league tackle. No-one is as stuck as the golfer, but they're still not getting anywhere near equal spotlight time, and all they ever do is play football.</blockquote>

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