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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5562432" data-attributes="member: 82106">Well... Actually the Mage's school based bonuses are generally much more useful than the implement mastery features of the Wizard. The Mage has a better spellbook too, and gets Magic Missile for free. Wizards do get Ritual Casting free though. Overall the differences are pretty small, but I'd say they go a bit in favor of the Mage on the whole.Agree on the leaders. Dunno much about the new ranger variants TBH. I guess we'll let Aegeri rip into the e-defenders. Suffice it to say that the PHB1 fighter (weaponmaster) is in no danger of being challenged by a knight. The Cavalier (paladin) may be a bit better defender than the old paladin, but that one is a pretty big tossup and really depends on play style and the details of the old style paladin build you use. Overall pre-E defenders are probably still the best option.Honestly, most of the E-classes have a bit more focus on being good at their particular thing, but they are overall probably slightly weaker than their older cousins. As others have said, not much has changed unless you're really into optimized builds, in which case you will probably have a bit to chew through.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5562432, member: 82106"] Well... Actually the Mage's school based bonuses are generally much more useful than the implement mastery features of the Wizard. The Mage has a better spellbook too, and gets Magic Missile for free. Wizards do get Ritual Casting free though. Overall the differences are pretty small, but I'd say they go a bit in favor of the Mage on the whole. Agree on the leaders. Dunno much about the new ranger variants TBH. I guess we'll let Aegeri rip into the e-defenders. Suffice it to say that the PHB1 fighter (weaponmaster) is in no danger of being challenged by a knight. The Cavalier (paladin) may be a bit better defender than the old paladin, but that one is a pretty big tossup and really depends on play style and the details of the old style paladin build you use. Overall pre-E defenders are probably still the best option. Honestly, most of the E-classes have a bit more focus on being good at their particular thing, but they are overall probably slightly weaker than their older cousins. As others have said, not much has changed unless you're really into optimized builds, in which case you will probably have a bit to chew through. [/QUOTE]

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