New Posts For Thread: What mechanics would honestly make you not buy 5E?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498123/What_mechanics_would_honestly_make_you_not_buy_5EPerhaps I'm mistaken, but over the course of life I've noticed that internet forums are prone to hyperbole. Even when it's a legitimate critique, this hyperbole can make it hard to figure out what needs tweaking, and what is a major red flag.Case inRAGEQUITNOVA: This concept needs to go away. One or two powers that can be used once a day are fine, but an entire spellcasting system based on NOVA cannot help but be unbalanced. This is why Wizards and Clerics ruled the roost in 3rd Edition. This ihttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498123/What_mechanics_would_honestly_make_you_not_buy_5E?post_id=532169623#532169623RAGEQUITNOVA: This concept needs to go away. One or two powers that can be used once a day are fine, but an entire spellcasting system based on NOVA cannot help but be unbalanced. This is why Wizards and Clerics ruled the roost in 3rd Edition. This iSat, 11 May 2013 02:23:34 -0500For me personally....RAGEQUIT: HP inflation, leveling too quickly, all classes feeling the same, the game being more than 50 percent orented towards combat when it its supposed to be a role-playing game, splitting popular class/races into three sepahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498123/What_mechanics_would_honestly_make_you_not_buy_5E?post_id=532049441#532049441For me personally....RAGEQUIT: HP inflation, leveling too quickly, all classes feeling the same, the game being more than 50 percent orented towards combat when it its supposed to be a role-playing game, splitting popular class/races into three sepaMon, 06 May 2013 18:54:36 -0500Dealbreakers:A 3.5/4e style skill list.I remember someone's DM playtest feedback that I particularly agreed with. The user said something along the lines of "I never want to see a skill list section on a character sheet again." Couldn't agree more.Unhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498123/What_mechanics_would_honestly_make_you_not_buy_5E?post_id=531520333#531520333Dealbreakers:A 3.5/4e style skill list.I remember someone's DM playtest feedback that I particularly agreed with. The user said something along the lines of "I never want to see a skill list section on a character sheet again." Couldn't agree more.UnThu, 18 Apr 2013 19:50:15 -0500Bear in mind that Hasbro also owns Scrabble, and look what happened with "Words With Friends". Hasbro does not understand the Internet.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498123/What_mechanics_would_honestly_make_you_not_buy_5E?post_id=531495011#531495011Bear in mind that Hasbro also owns Scrabble, and look what happened with "Words With Friends". Hasbro does not understand the Internet.Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:56:18 -0500Inevitably, there will be some inferior abilities. They're not desireable: they are, at best, chaff, something worthless bundled with the good bits of the game that you actually want, like deceptive or wasteful packaging, undesireable, but once youhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29498123/What_mechanics_would_honestly_make_you_not_buy_5E?post_id=531466565#531466565Inevitably, there will be some inferior abilities. They're not desireable: they are, at best, chaff, something worthless bundled with the good bits of the game that you actually want, like deceptive or wasteful packaging, undesireable, but once youWed, 17 Apr 2013 02:31:48 -0500