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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 4525334" data-attributes="member: 996">When the sneak peak of the warlord class was released, I emailed my DM and said &quot;dibs on the warlord!&quot;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I'm playing a tactical warlord, and it is a crazy amount of fun.&nbsp; 4e has a much stronger tactical aspect to play than any earlier edition, and the tactical warlord (the build I'm trying first) is ideally suited to leverage that.&nbsp; Warlord powers allow you to give your allies free actions, re-position them (and occassionally enemies) around the battlefield, and of course buff &amp; heal.&nbsp; /If/ you take the leader role seriously, and coordinate your party, those effects have quite an impact, and are a lot of fun.&nbsp; If you're herding cats, OTOH, I can see how it'd just be frustrating.The only negative comment I've heard that I can admit to having noticed, myself, is the lack of an at-will that's worth doing when you're on your own.&nbsp; It's true that a lot of at wills aren't /particularly/ better than a basic attack, but most are at least a little better, and the warlord's, without allies to leverage, aren't.&nbsp; It's a minor quibble, though.&nbsp; It's rare I'm sepparated from my allies /and/ just using basic attacks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 4525334, member: 996"] When the sneak peak of the warlord class was released, I emailed my DM and said "dibs on the warlord!" ;) I'm playing a tactical warlord, and it is a crazy amount of fun. 4e has a much stronger tactical aspect to play than any earlier edition, and the tactical warlord (the build I'm trying first) is ideally suited to leverage that. Warlord powers allow you to give your allies free actions, re-position them (and occassionally enemies) around the battlefield, and of course buff & heal. /If/ you take the leader role seriously, and coordinate your party, those effects have quite an impact, and are a lot of fun. If you're herding cats, OTOH, I can see how it'd just be frustrating. The only negative comment I've heard that I can admit to having noticed, myself, is the lack of an at-will that's worth doing when you're on your own. It's true that a lot of at wills aren't /particularly/ better than a basic attack, but most are at least a little better, and the warlord's, without allies to leverage, aren't. It's a minor quibble, though. It's rare I'm sepparated from my allies /and/ just using basic attacks. [/QUOTE]

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