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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mlund" data-source="post: 4669339" data-attributes="member: 50304">I think that to some extent D&D 4th Edition missed an important mark with its initial roll-out. They didn't have a character that hits for massive amounts of damage with a single Longsword, Bastard Sword, or Great Sword. Their Martial Strikers were the Rogue (light blade) and the Ranger (dual-wielding or archery). So people took Great Weapon Fighters along the same lines as 3E Power Attack builds and were disappointed that they were playing a Defender, not a Striker.Then the Forgotten Realms book dropped and people picked up the Sword Mage and tried to play him like they would a Duskblade w/ Arcane Strike in 3E ... and were disappointed that they were playing a Defender, not a Striker.Finally we have some Barbarian previews. People will probably still be disappointed, even though the Barbarian does exactly what they asked it to do, because they wanted a less primal motif on their Sword-Brute. They want a Sir Gawain or a Cloud Strife instead of a Conan.Until people can get a medieval sword-master DPS monster we're going to continue to hear all the same complaints from people who ultimately loathe the idea of playing a 4E Defender almost as much as they loathe the idea of playing a 3E Healer.- Marty Lund</blockquote>