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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 3951986" data-attributes="member: 58197">When you think about it, it makes a lot of sense that TWF would be given to rangers rather than fighters.  Previous editions tried to shoehorn all possible fighting styles into the fighter class.  In 4E, the fighter's approach is much more specific; the fighter is a Defender, a "tank" combatant in heavy armor, made to stand in the front line and get whaled on.  The ranger, on the other hand, is a Striker, a light and agile combatant specializing in offensive maneuvers, who's not so strong defensively.  Of the two, the ranger's approach is far better suited to TWF.Nowhere has it been said or implied that there will not be TWF in 4th Edition--only that it's not one of the primary options for the fighter class.  Presumably if you want to be a TWF fighter, you do the equivalent of dipping ranger (Ranger Training feat).</blockquote>