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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 5533038" data-attributes="member: 46713">Indeed!The problem is that WotC would really very much prefer if everyone forgot there existed any classes before Essentials. They want people to think of the Essentials version when they're talking about the Fighter. The Essentials version is to become the default.They didn't dare to invalidate the older class versions, but they definitely decided to no longer actively support them. Sure, if someone sends a really cool pitch they might decide to publish it as a DDI article but that's about it.Printed products will ignore the existence of the 'classic' builds. The back of 'Heroes of Shadow' drove this point home for me. It says:For use with these Dungeons &amp; Dragons Essentials products:Heroes of the Fallen LandsHeroes of the Forgotten KingdomsRules CompendiumSo, technically, I really shouldn't have bought the book since I don't have either of these books and haven't used any Essentials material so far.In a way it's like installing a software on a hardware that doesn't meet the recommended requirements: Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. It's probably going to be awfully slow, look ugly and crash a lot. But that's entirely my problem, since it would work fine if I just upgraded my hardware.Anyway, that's not actually a discussion I wanted delve into. I appreciate they're making the revised PHB classes available for free on their website, no matter what they're calling them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 5533038, member: 46713"] Indeed! The problem is that WotC would really very much prefer if everyone forgot there existed any classes before Essentials. They want people to think of the Essentials version when they're talking about the Fighter. The Essentials version is to become the default. They didn't dare to invalidate the older class versions, but they definitely decided to no longer actively support them. Sure, if someone sends a really cool pitch they might decide to publish it as a DDI article but that's about it. Printed products will ignore the existence of the 'classic' builds. The back of 'Heroes of Shadow' drove this point home for me. It says: For use with these Dungeons & Dragons Essentials products: Heroes of the Fallen Lands Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms Rules Compendium So, technically, I really shouldn't have bought the book since I don't have either of these books and haven't used any Essentials material so far. In a way it's like installing a software on a hardware that doesn't meet the recommended requirements: Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. It's probably going to be awfully slow, look ugly and crash a lot. But that's entirely my problem, since it would work fine if I just upgraded my hardware. Anyway, that's not actually a discussion I wanted delve into. I appreciate they're making the revised PHB classes available for free on their website, no matter what they're calling them. [/QUOTE]

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