The essentials hate I think says some interesting things about some of the die hard 4e loyalists, and how they might take to different systems. As someone who came back to the game in 4e I was wary of essentials at first for the same "lack of options" reasons, but as someone who likes playing strikers... I came around. Hexblades in particular I'm fond of as the magic abilities mix well without overthinking the basic uncomplicated idea of hitting something with a sword.
And a "basic attack" actually being a viable idea of an action to take... why'd it take so long for that to be a thing?
And a "basic attack" actually being a viable idea of an action to take... why'd it take so long for that to be a thing?