New Posts For Thread: D&D 4e Support, Love, and Criticismhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28954149/DD_4e_Support,_Love,_and_CriticismHello,with the announcement of 4e many people have gotten mad, and many have swithced to what they claim as more "stable versions". Examples, Pathfinder being the biggest one, and other RPG's entirely. What are your thoughts? Will you still support 4I have mixed feelings about 4e. When it came out I really hated it. After about 2 years I started to appreciate the amazing things they 'did' do with the system. I'll try to outline below some of the things I don't and do like about it.Pros: the powehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28954149/DD_4e_Support,_Love,_and_Criticism?post_id=518686547#518686547I have mixed feelings about 4e. When it came out I really hated it. After about 2 years I started to appreciate the amazing things they 'did' do with the system. I'll try to outline below some of the things I don't and do like about it.Pros: the poweMon, 16 Apr 2012 15:11:00 -0500I'd agree that the skills need an overhaul, but not necessarily toward more specialization. I'd prefer to decouple abilities from the skills themselves. This allows for different approaches to certain subjects. A wizard seeking information about ahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28954149/DD_4e_Support,_Love,_and_Criticism?post_id=518678903#518678903I'd agree that the skills need an overhaul, but not necessarily toward more specialization. I'd prefer to decouple abilities from the skills themselves. This allows for different approaches to certain subjects. A wizard seeking information about aMon, 16 Apr 2012 11:32:14 -0500Favorite aspect: Powers and status affects. Having a universal system for how classes and players could perform actions is definitely my favorite development in 4E. I've always been a martial-loving player and think they are phenomenally more interhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28954149/DD_4e_Support,_Love,_and_Criticism?post_id=518678275#518678275Favorite aspect: Powers and status affects. Having a universal system for how classes and players could perform actions is definitely my favorite development in 4E. I've always been a martial-loving player and think they are phenomenally more interMon, 16 Apr 2012 11:17:20 -0500I like 4e when it came out, but it never felt like a polished product. then they tried to fix it with more options and books. And I think at first I felt like they had finally added some polish. Then the books kept coming, and powers that were simhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28954149/DD_4e_Support,_Love,_and_Criticism?post_id=518676319#518676319I like 4e when it came out, but it never felt like a polished product. then they tried to fix it with more options and books. And I think at first I felt like they had finally added some polish. Then the books kept coming, and powers that were simMon, 16 Apr 2012 10:23:31 -0500I blame the OGL - indirectly. Every new edition - an change to anything than has fans (which we must remember is short for 'fantatics') - is going to draw ire. In the past, though, that ire has always subsided. Slow-adoptors and hold-outs fade inthttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/28954149/DD_4e_Support,_Love,_and_Criticism?post_id=518664831#518664831I blame the OGL - indirectly. Every new edition - an change to anything than has fans (which we must remember is short for 'fantatics') - is going to draw ire. In the past, though, that ire has always subsided. Slow-adoptors and hold-outs fade intMon, 16 Apr 2012 01:19:32 -0500