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Coarse granularity is a kind of granularity. So, yes.

Lack of granularity is also a preference.

That's not helpful. You don't think a big shift in the current supported version of a game matters at all?

I don't feel my definition is less valid or applicable than your, but you do you.

How is that not the same as, "you don't like it? Like it anyway."?

No, it's like if McDonald's decided not to sell Big Macs anymore, but some of their old restaurants were technically still open. And you...

Some skills just need training. I have never heard an unskilled person get a tune out of a violin. (I have one, I know). You either...

I would say the same to you. It doesn't have to mean literally prevented from playing. It can also be prevented from playing how you...

There are things your chance of success approaches nil if you're untrained in, though most of them are post-industrial. But someone...

I'll be upfront here: "combat" and "as exciting as in OD&D" are two phrases that don't go together IME. Its one reason I bailed out of...

You're assuming larger parties include larger groups of players. There's nothing stopping people from playing more than one character...

Sure you can. I couldn't play D&D the way I wanted because of 4e's mechanics and playstyle design, so I was excluded from the kind of...

Just because you weren't able to make that change doesn't change my recommendation that people should try to make that change. (And...

As I said, I did try. The opportunity cost wasn't too much for me. But it didn't work.

Well, my GM was my best friend, and a great GM with a lot of experience in all editions of D&D to that point, and the story was great...