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Not knowing that you need a 18 strength to be effective is entirely different from not knowing that a hybrid paladin/fighter is far more effective than a normal fighter.

The PHB recommends you start with an 18 strength. The PHB does not have a "WARNING: Please refer to PHB3 for how to make a more effective character".

Y'know, up until this point, I had faith in our admins. Sure, I thought they were a little soft as far as how they handled errata, but i could see their reasoning.  But hybrids are as bad as gestalts were in 3.5 In a home game where everyone was a gestalt, it was fine back then. But normal characters and Gestalt couldnt mix. The non gestalt would always feel underpowered and would be right in feeling so.  Now we have modern day gestalts aka hybrids. Pick the best features and powers of 2 classes and make a character w/o any of the flaws/drawbacks of a normal one. Feychargers are only the tip of the iceberg. Soon, we'll have the Bleeder that does ongoing 93 with a -20 to the save so the monster dies from being hit once, or other shenanigans. Or even a simple fighter/paladin that will combat challenge you in melee or divine challenge you at range. Its already hard to ignore a fighter mark, this makes it impossible w/o taking a buncha damage. Which BTW, is better than any normal paladin or normal fighter. Why would you ever paragon multiclass like ferol loves to? Why be  a half-elf, when you can be even better as a hybrid? Its one thing to allow pre errata grasp of the grave or dice of auspicious fortune, because while they were/are overpowered, they didnt break any paradigms of the game. Classes had to multiclass in order to get versatility, as in everyone had to pay for it.  I sense a lot of avenger/swordmages in the coming months that are nigh invincible because you can stack armor of faith and warding.

I really hope the admins change their minds and put this concept back where it belongs, in home games, and not LFR.