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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8231785" data-attributes="member: 29398">Aesthetic presentation certainly makes a difference, as does how it's promoted etc.; and in the latter I don't think it's controversial to say WotC shot themselves in the foot at launch and never truly recovered.That, and one notable difference between 4e and any other edition was that, while yes there were still different classes, the mechanical differences between those classes had been significantly reduced in order to fit into the AEDU chassis, which - along with some ability to choose out-of-class options - tended to blur the lines somewhat.&nbsp; As classes have been noted as highly important in both the &quot;feel&quot; and &quot;keep&quot; polls, clearly they're something the designers need to get right. 5e still has the out-of-class-options clutter but split out the base class mechanics enough to once again make the classes feel distinct from each other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8231785, member: 29398"] Aesthetic presentation certainly makes a difference, as does how it's promoted etc.; and in the latter I don't think it's controversial to say WotC shot themselves in the foot at launch and never truly recovered. That, and one notable difference between 4e and any other edition was that, while yes there were still different classes, the mechanical differences between those classes had been significantly reduced in order to fit into the AEDU chassis, which - along with some ability to choose out-of-class options - tended to blur the lines somewhat. As classes have been noted as highly important in both the "feel" and "keep" polls, clearly they're something the designers need to get right. 5e still has the out-of-class-options clutter but split out the base class mechanics enough to once again make the classes feel distinct from each other. [/QUOTE]

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