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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nahat Anoj" data-source="post: 5261812" data-attributes="member: 25075">For me, the essence of the Controller role is to deny options to enemy or, at least, to make certain options more costly than others.  Some examples include:-Doing AoE damage to punish enemies for grouping up.-Dealing damage if an enemy tries to make an attack.-Moving enemies (push/pull/slide) into or out of position.-Delaying/hampering enemy movement with speed-reducing effects or actual barriers.IMO, a Controller should be best at manipulating the field of battle and allow the fight to happen on the party's terms.  Good Controller play might be shuttling enemies into the range of the Defender, creating damaging zones or squares that punish enemies for attacking a Leader or Striker, or preventing/delaying an enemy's advance so that the party focus fire on it later.I think a well-designed Controller would be most appealing to the type of player that likes to think about contingencies, orchestrate the flow of battle, and who enjoys the tactical aspect of D&D.As far as a Martial Controller goes, someone on these boards once said that a melee-oriented version might be an inverted Defender.  While a Defender focuses on keeping enemies close, a Martial Controller might focus on punishes enemies for staying close to it.  I see things like auto damage close burst powers as an example of this.  Ranged Martial Controllers might use their ranged weapons to create cover fire, pin enemies in place, and so on.IMO, there's one existing class with a strong archetype that can be used as inspiration for Martial Controller powers - the ranger.  But given that the chances for rangers changing roles is virtually nonexistent, another good archetype IMO is a savant or mastermind like Sherlock Holmes.  That is, someone who's so brilliant they can create plans of action in an instant.In many ways a Defender's basic function is to control enemy actions.  But the Defender focuses - obviously - on defense and "hit me" type of control while Controllers should focus more on offense and overall control.  IMO, the Defender's essential goal of protecting allies helps differentiate it from the Controller's goal (at least as I see it).</blockquote>

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