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<blockquote data-quote="Thasmodious" data-source="post: 4293420" data-attributes="member: 63272"><p>I think six days after release is a bit early to say 4e &quot;fell short&quot; with anything yet.&nbsp; There was a design article or blog a while back dealing with multiclassing and what they felt was good and wasn't.&nbsp; Trying to wedge true 50/50 into the system has never worked very well.&nbsp; In previous editions, capped levels and split XP were necessary to prevent brokenness.&nbsp; In 3e, multiclassed casters too often lost caster levels and found they couldn't keep up with the delicate balance of the game.&nbsp; And when it worked in 3e, it was often broken or at least overpowered.&nbsp; 4e's philosophy is that actual multiclass rules are for dabblers.&nbsp; True x/x are classes.&nbsp; The spellsword will be the first of these, but far from the last.&nbsp; So, as the game moves on in this edition, we should have a lot of options to represent our mixes: dabblers, prestige multiclassing, and the true 50/50s as classes.&nbsp; I hope it bears out this way, anyway.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Thasmodious, post: 4293420, member: 63272"] I think six days after release is a bit early to say 4e "fell short" with anything yet. There was a design article or blog a while back dealing with multiclassing and what they felt was good and wasn't. Trying to wedge true 50/50 into the system has never worked very well. In previous editions, capped levels and split XP were necessary to prevent brokenness. In 3e, multiclassed casters too often lost caster levels and found they couldn't keep up with the delicate balance of the game. And when it worked in 3e, it was often broken or at least overpowered. 4e's philosophy is that actual multiclass rules are for dabblers. True x/x are classes. The spellsword will be the first of these, but far from the last. So, as the game moves on in this edition, we should have a lot of options to represent our mixes: dabblers, prestige multiclassing, and the true 50/50s as classes. I hope it bears out this way, anyway. [/QUOTE]

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