Rocket Scientists are designing D&D Next

From the "Charting the Course: An Edition for All Editions" seminar:

"So instead of the fighter’s attack bonus going up, up, up every level, maybe it goes up every few levels and he gets other things at the other levels. So you can go back to that orc and know that this is the same exact orc that nearly slaughtered you at level 1. It gives you a bar to see your character advance."

That sounds familiar ...