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I may be in the minority but I like melee combat as of the 12/17/12 release. I think that with the limited experience I have with the system that the maneuvers lack functionality, that is to say I would rather just pump out the damage in most cases.

Jan 13, 2013 -- 9:31PM, Qmark wrote:

"use your weapon's die as the die you gain for bonus damage"

This can't end well. 
Not only will it make every 'not the best DPR' weapons even more suboptimal choices and punish 'not the best DPR' concepts, but it will continue to provide a weak justification to shank every other class with arbitrary weapon limits "just because", which also punishes or (outright forbids) any concepts outside of stereotypes.

I couldn't agree with you more.

This is a big step backwards from what they were (conceptually) doing right in the last playtest packet. If TH weapons require a little boost, do so with "Utility" Feats which open up some more creative uses with those weapons. They are already going that route with Polearms, Shields, TW fighting, etc. I would even tolerate a +1 to hit with TH weapons.

Another benefit of d6s were more predictable damage, which makes encounter balancing easier.

I consider D&D to already be easier to learn than Settlers of Catan, regardless of edition.  Maybe I'm just better at visualizing things in my head than dealing with "bits", but TTRPGs are a breeze for me compared to modern board games.

I agree that MDD as they currently exist do not fit the original design goal of "simple to run", but I think the problem there is the number of dice and number of maneuvers, not the die type or the static bonus.  Bear in mind, I'm not advocating for the reduction of maneuvers or MDD at all.  I like the mechanic.  But it is an inherently complex one at its core.

I never find options extraneous, in or out of combat.  More is good.  It doesn't necessarily make the game less "simple to run", either.

Jan 13, 2013 -- 9:50PM, Orzel wrote:

The DPR weapon (great weapons) hopefully wont have properties other than heavy and two-handed. Other weapons will have things like reach, finesse, and light to make them worth the loss in damage... hopefully.

So long as a knife-fighter isn't obligated to be either a DEXmonster or a joke, or a wizard can swing a longsword around without either being punished for even thinking of doing so or an elf, it'll work out.

...hopefully.