What is your favorite class(es) so far? (4E)

[ki11erDM]

Sword and Board Eladrin Fighter.

 

[mlund]

The paladin is trash? I doth protest (in Ren Faire-speak, apparently).

You're right that Divine Challenge doesn't work as advertised. It's largely inconsequential in play. But the class has a number of good powers (Wrath of the Gods is one of the best in the game), plus two of the best Paragon Paths; Champion of Order and Hospitalier.

And this is before the release of Divine Power.

Every character class has some cool powers. The Paladin is a poor Defender because Divine Challenge is his "sticky" ability and it is terrible. Clerics heal and Avengers smite. Paladins are glorified armor racks.

from what I've seen, the warden powers are some of the best described and powers in the game (including the implementation of that description). They all have an appropriate primal feel, as befits someone who channels the power of nature for the purposes of defending. Very much the martial-type druid.

Sorry, but I hate the implementation. In my opinion the Tank-Druid with a billion hit points should be the guy who has transformed into a huge raging bear or something. The guy sicking the trees, vines, and earth itself on you should be the weedy old unwashed guy playing the Controller role. The idea of someone sword-fighting you with one hand and forming spikes out of the ground at your feet with the other hand ... yeah ... I'm not feeling it.

- Marty Lund