Viking Bastard
Adventurer
The designers' referencing to the The "sweet spot" was 3e's levels 5-8 or so. In that range, the system they said functioned its best [...]
Thanks for the clarification. I'd never heard of E6 before–interesting!
Unless it was a thread about adventure design or fluff creating, I got this from a lot of 3e threads back in the day (but then, there was a 3e rules forum, a 3e houserules forum, and the General forum, so maybe that's why).
I didn't mean "It's all about rules", but "It's all about the intricacies of tactical combat, powers and stats". I like talking about rules.
But I'll buy that's it's not a special 4e thing. I stopped reading the rule forums a year or two into 3.5's lifespan, so I don't really know how the discussions evolved.
(It may also just be my imagination.)