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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 5984390" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>(i) Well not really... I'm just thinking in vague terms here because every combat is different, but if the average result is that the strongest PC* engages the strongest monster (e.g. the Ogre) while everybody else engage the minions (e.g. one Orc each) then everybody gets exactly the same spotlight.</p><p></p><p>Now maybe you might feel that fighting the Ogre (or whoever is the "top" opponent each time) is a more "shiny" spotlight than fighting a minion... Again I think there's some competition assumption there. But still I think this is indeed <em>fair</em>, that a <strong>Fighter</strong> is supposed in fact to be best at fighting, and the one the groups look at when a battle starts, just like the Rogue is the one the groups look at when there's a trapped area to bypass and so on.</p><p></p><p>*I think Fighter because that's who I think should be really the strongest in combat, if it's the Druid then there's something wrong IMHO</p><p></p><p>(ii) I agree that "hero and sidekick" is something most group wouldn't like, but that's again because of the competition mentality (and because Combat has become by far the most important part of the game for most gamers, but not for me). Everybody wants to be equally good to the others all the time. I'm not saying this is wrong, but just that I have no problem with a game where you're good at different times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 5984390, member: 1465"] (i) Well not really... I'm just thinking in vague terms here because every combat is different, but if the average result is that the strongest PC* engages the strongest monster (e.g. the Ogre) while everybody else engage the minions (e.g. one Orc each) then everybody gets exactly the same spotlight. Now maybe you might feel that fighting the Ogre (or whoever is the "top" opponent each time) is a more "shiny" spotlight than fighting a minion... Again I think there's some competition assumption there. But still I think this is indeed [I]fair[/I], that a [B]Fighter[/B] is supposed in fact to be best at fighting, and the one the groups look at when a battle starts, just like the Rogue is the one the groups look at when there's a trapped area to bypass and so on. *I think Fighter because that's who I think should be really the strongest in combat, if it's the Druid then there's something wrong IMHO (ii) I agree that "hero and sidekick" is something most group wouldn't like, but that's again because of the competition mentality (and because Combat has become by far the most important part of the game for most gamers, but not for me). Everybody wants to be equally good to the others all the time. I'm not saying this is wrong, but just that I have no problem with a game where you're good at different times. [/QUOTE]
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