I realize this comment is almost a month old, but I'm re-reading old entries and I must not have seen this comment the first time around.
No, what I was saying is that because the core classes at launch did not include all the same classes as were core in 3E, then 3rd party developers could have rushed to market with poorly thought out versions of those classes and damaged peoples' impression of the game.
(And to me, there are only four core classes that are mandatory. If you've got a Fighter, you've got a Rogue, you've got a Wizard, and you've got a Cleric, that's all you need to call it D&D.)
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Re: D&D
on 2010-01-12 12:53 am (UTC)No, what I was saying is that because the core classes at launch did not include all the same classes as were core in 3E, then 3rd party developers could have rushed to market with poorly thought out versions of those classes and damaged peoples' impression of the game.
(And to me, there are only four core classes that are mandatory. If you've got a Fighter, you've got a Rogue, you've got a Wizard, and you've got a Cleric, that's all you need to call it D&D.)