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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mephistopheles" data-source="post: 4794671" data-attributes="member: 4460">I'm not so sure about that. The feedback I got in a thread on the topic of classes and roles had 54 strikers out of 121 characters (~45%), so it may be safe to say that 40-50% of 4E players are playing strikers.In that same thread I mentioned above fighters accounted for 17 out of 30 defenders (~57%), paladins were 8 out of 30 (~27%), swordmages were 3 out of 30 and wardens 1 out of 30. I'd say the ability of fighters to do respectable damage compared to strikers accounts for some of that, not to mention that out of the PH1 defenders fighters are better at the business of defending than paladins.I haven't played a warden yet but I've spent some time on them in the Character Builder. It looks to me like you could build them as secondary strikers with good mobility (I haven't yet looked at their damage to see how it would compare to a striker) or secondary controllers with good battlefield influence (at least on par with the fighter, if not better).Last week I started playing a strength paladin in one game; it's very underwhelming compared to my axe and shield fighter. I may switch to a warden, mainly because of the paladins inability to exert influence over the battlefield and also because the wizard player is trying to play her character like a striker - I expect to see her swap to sorcerer, just like the two other wizard players I've seen have done - but I'll wait and see what Divine Power brings to the table for paladins.</blockquote>

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