Originally Posted by
araveugnitsuga
The issue with essentials is that it was a simplification over the already rather simplified 4E and I didn't like the way things were looking for 4E, specially since despite making the game a lot more balanced it practically took away one of the most fun aspects for me, multi-classing. I still however wish to eventually at least have one game in 4E if only to see how it works out in practice.
And yes, the most parodied ever template race class stacking is also tempting.