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Rotipher wrote:

Now, what I want to know is whether there are also "roles" that characters can fill outside of combat? Does the rogue shift from "striker" in combat to some other role out of combat -- "reconn", "face", etc -- depending on how that particular character is built?

Based on the interview I saw, I think that was the point. You have four basic archetypes in combat but what makes a rogue differ from a ranger is that they play different roles out of combat. I haven't seen anything that makes me think out of combat is so formulaic. I think out of combat, we play a character, but in combat, we play a variable in a grand equation. I always found combat to be the second to least interesting part of the game (after "waiting for the rogue to check the next 5 ft of corridor"...) and anything that streamlines it into a more style-friendly form is good by me.

Rotipher wrote:

Now, what I want to know is whether there are also "roles" that characters can fill outside of combat? Does the rogue shift from "striker" in combat to some other role out of combat -- "reconn", "face", etc -- depending on how that particular character is built?

This Article has a blurb that might answer that.

Weapons and how fighters use them provided a blueprint for their design. A skilled halberdier can hack a foe with his weapon’s blade and spin around to smash a second foe with the haft. A fighter with a longsword disarms her foe with a flick of her wrist, while a battle hungry axeman cleaves through shields, armor, and bone. The design for fighter maneuvers came down to looking at weapons, figuring out how a fighter could use one, and deciding on special effects that felt cool for the weapon and proved useful for the class. Check out the Design & Development column on fighters and their weapons for more on this concept.

Rogues have a similar relationship with skills. A nimble rogue dives through the air to tumble past an ogre, while a charismatic one tricks an enemy into looking away just before she delivers a killing blow with her dagger. Just as fighters do more with weapons than any other character, rogues push skills beyond the limits that constrain other PCs.

Granted, that's focused on skills in relation to combat, but seeing as you have a Charismatic Rogue vs. a Nimble Rogue, those skills are likely going to be necessary outside of combat, particularly with Face vs. Recon.

Rechan wrote:

In this clip, James says there's a Warlord class.

What is the Warlord?

James does NOT say that, he is being sarcastic, and so is Gamer Zero, he's saying something like "the guys in ENworld now more about this than ourselves" seriously... you think a Warlord is a core classs? it's got "Prestige Class" written all over it (or talent tree)

Rechan wrote:

He said that the warlord was a leader class. Yes, I think the Warlord is a class.

What role would he fit into, then? he seems like a "charismatic buffer-fighter" in concept... it would be kinda lost like a bard.

SirSebastianHarding wrote:

What role would he fit into, then?

James said "I read on ENWorld that there is a Warlord class. That is the other leader."

Now, he never said that the Role that clerics/druids fall into was Healer - Gamer Zer0 said Healer and James agreed with him. So LEADER could be the cleric/druid, and the Warlord is another buffer.

If that isn't the case, then what do you think the Leader is?