Paragon paths work just the same but using your example the thing I think is weird is that although it is roughly equivalent if you look at it that way 4e is also a much higher powered campaign.

A lot of people consider a level 1 4e PC equivalent to that of a level 4 3e PC so following that same reasoning a level 10 4e character is equivalent to a level 14 3e character, which is twice the level of most minimum prestige classes. That was my take on it anyway.

I’m not knocking 4e by the way it’s just something I found odd.

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I don’t think it’s inherently better or worse than 3e’s prestige classes.

Also, worth noting that the default assumption is 3e is a level 1-20 game, and you’d need to be level 7 before you could take most prestige classes. 4e assumes levels 1-30, so waiting til level 11 is roughly equivalent, in that sense.

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