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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5346253" data-attributes="member: 2067">Why can't rangers (especially semimagical rangers) shoot arrows made of fire?My problem with the Seeker is not, even a little, about how it does what it does.It's the same problem I have with the Battlemind.Martial Power is as much superman or the Flash or Wuxia as Batman. And now that classes aren't so intimately tied to power sources, you can have a "superman", or a physical warrior who has a few magical tricks, without delving into the iffy multiclass or bloaty brand-new-class territory for your lazer vision. I can now have, say, a Fighter build that is Martial and, say, Solar, who gets a punch that can knock people over, and a utility that lets him leap tall buildings in a single bound, and can bust out an encounter power that blasts lazer beams from his eyes, too. The problem that both classes really (IMO) lack a reason to exist beyond mechanical tricks with power source and role. The Ardent has it to a lesser degree, too, but manages better.Why can't my fighter be Martial And Psionic who gets to augment his fighter attacks with psionic tricks and is sticky because of a quick movement instead of a lock-down? Why can't my ranger be Martial And Primal who gets to light his arrows on fire and shoot bees at people? Why do I need multiclass or hybrid muckitty-muck to get to something that is clearly within the same broad archetype?Those two classes especially struggle with the "no clear archetype" problem. This is a problem that neither fighters nor rangers have. They, to me, clearly fit under the sub-heading of "Fighters (who are psionic)" and "Rangers (who know magic)." Why not just call a spade a spade?This isn't so much the problem with the Warlord, whose "Scream At You A Bunch" is pretty distinct from the cleric's "Pray For You A Bunch." A leader who leads by voice and personality and combat ability is a pretty clear archetype. Though, for the record, I wouldn't have a problem with a "Champion" Fighter build that functioned as a Leader in the same way that the Slayer functions as a Striker. In fact, I think it'd be kind of fun.</blockquote>

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