Originally Posted by mrfuji3
Multiclassing should allow additional flexibility in character customization and gameplay options, but it is bad design if multiclassing is *the* optimal way of play. If a multiclassed Fighter/Wizard character is strictly better than an Eldritch Knight...why does Eldritch Knight exist? If a Wizard 3/Cleric 3 character has the same # of spell slots and can cast the combined spell list as both a singly-classed Wizard 6 AND a Cleric 6, then why would you ever play a normal wizard or cleric?
So far all that I see is speculation. Of course removing all things that makes multiclassing a compromise would make it the best way to play the game. That is not what I am reading though, merely that Larian want to avoid for it to be a noob trap.