The new multiclassing: comboclassing

[muffin_of_chaos]

I think that the hybrid class suggested by the op is overpowered, gaining full unrestricted access to all powers and feats from two classes is a bit too much.

Yeah.
1) I don't have an official set of rules yet, and the pre-release is lacking. I'm not going to try to figure out how to balance the class against hugely-playtested other classes.
2) It isn't as unbalanced as you'd think; the synergies of powers within a class are generally superior to those between two classes. And in those case where it isn't true, it's easy to curtail the abuse, because of how integrated 4E's classes are.

And #3, the only one that matters...It's still intrinsically more balanced than 3.x, which is my thesis that attempted and slightly worked to get 3.x-lovers to understand how their assumptions were flawed and quiet down. Now it seems to mostly be about the specific execution of paying for multiclassing with feats....

Here is a good reason: There are too many combinations to make a brand new class for each hybrid, especially if I have to make abilities so that the diversepowers synergize with each other and make the "comboclass" more than a little of column A and a bit of column B.

You don't *have* to make a synergistic power/feat. That was just me being bored. Actually, I'd encourage you not to, and with consideration am going to take it out of my example. Thanks!
Also, you won't have to make the comboclass yourself. Someone will be making and playtesting each potential comboclass, starting with the most popular/classic combinations, as soon as the books come out, with restricted feat and power lists (based on some sort of "synergy specialization" you select at generation, I'd expect, but not necessarily).
Might be me, I have fun tweaking stuff.

 

[sinecure]

The muffin man has it right. Multiclassing isn't about defining the class, it's about shifting the entire role of the class into another. It means retraining from 1st level again in a different profession. It should be easier than ever to make a new class as one wishes it to be under 4e rules. That folks think this is not the default method for concepts not covered by the core rules makes me wonder if they've every played D&D before.

 

[hong]

The muffin man has it right. Multiclassing isn't about defining the class, it's about shifting the entire role of the class into another. It means retraining from 1st level again in a different profession. It should be easier than ever to make a new class as one wishes it to be under 4e rules. That folks think this is not the default method for concepts not covered by the core rules makes me wonder if they've every played D&D before.

Psst. Dual-classing.