D&D General Playstyle vs Mechanics

[TwoSix]

But if for many folks it's their favorite than stop using "Everyone's 2nd favorite". "Many people's second favorite"? Sure. That should go without saying. It's kind of like telling an offensive joke and then saying "I was just kidding. You know that, right?"

That's the worst.

Don't ruin the purity of a solid joke. Just let them stay mad.

 

[soviet]

But if for many folks it's their favorite than stop using "Everyone's 2nd favorite". "Many people's second favorite"? Sure. That should go without saying. It's kind of like telling an offensive joke and then saying "I was just kidding. You know that, right?"

Saying that D&D might be everyone's second favourite RPG is akin to making an offensive joke? Seriously?

 

[tetrasodium]

I have noticed some folks think their play style is how all RPGs should work. So, when mechanics dont support their playstyle, they just write them off as bad. I think conversations about games helps, and I think designers writing good manuals will facilitate the idea that there isnt one play style intention for every RPG.
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While that might be true, I think that more often this sort of rebuttal is used to avoid discussing the merits of why the mechanic was declared "bad" by making it about someone's play style instead of pointing a ray of sunlight at the reasons why someone with a different play style considers it "good" by openly saying what is often the quiet part of it's support out loud where it might be criticized in turn.

 

[soviet]

But if for many folks it's their favorite than stop using "Everyone's 2nd favorite". "Many people's second favorite"? Sure. That should go without saying. It's kind of like telling an offensive joke and then saying "I was just kidding. You know that, right?"

Hang on though. If I know you Oofta, D&D is also your second favourite RPG, right? As well as your first? Like, a different edition maybe.

 

[payn]

That's the worst.

Don't ruin the purity of a solid joke. Just let them stay mad.

I was just thinking about how mad I am at Sunny D. I was always a purple stuff kid and never went for Sunny D. Im really upset now.

 

[Oofta]

Saying that D&D might be everyone's second favourite RPG is akin to making an offensive joke? Seriously?

Which why I clarified with "kind of like". But when it comes to this repeated canard that people don't really like D&D or if they only knew better they would play something else? Yeah, it gets old.

 

[Oofta]

Hang on though. If I know you Oofta, D&D is also your second favourite RPG, right? As well as your first? Like, a different edition maybe.

D&D 5E is my favorite edition so far. I haven't played enough of the 2024 revision to give a definitive answer of 2014 vs 2024, but so far I think it's overall an improvement.

Are the some things I would change? Of course. Nothing is perfect.

 

[soviet]

Which why I clarified with "kind of like". But when it comes to this repeated canard that people don't really like D&D or if they only knew better they would play something else? Yeah, it gets old.

Second favourite RPG is still an RPG that the person enjoys and will happily play though, right? Hardly offensive, or a criticism.

 

[Oofta]

I strongly disagree! We jumped from 1E to 4E and played the two the same way. If anything I think 4E is more flexible in place styles traditional 1E, 3E, or 6E. People just got hung up on some things and somehow it squashed the creativity. That was not a problem for us.

It's a matter of preference, taste and ease of homebrewing. To me, 4E felt like anime to me until Essentials which was too little too late. For a handful of the people I played with, that's what made it such a fantastic game.

I don't want to get into edition wars here because there were aspects of 4E I liked. I just felt like 4E pushed a specific playstyle. It was a great game for some people, but even though I played it for the duration I eventually decided it wasn't for me.

 

[TwoSix]

I was just thinking about how mad I am at Sunny D. I was always a purple stuff kid and never went for Sunny D. Im really upset now.

While I can understand your preferences, I do not support them and am glad the market no longer caters to your needs.