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A lot of this is going to be in the eye of the beholder. I bounced off PF2 in a way I wouldn't describe as "just push buttons" but I wont say it doesnt describe how I felt playing it either.

War/board games do this often. They have game modes where vets and beginners alike sit side by side and play in whatever games hosted by TOs. I cant imagine it working for an RPG though. Neither would I randomly sit at a table and play something I know nothing about at a convention, id be...

To be fair this isnt unique to RPGs. Sports talk has changed alot in the decades as well. This kind of thing has become prevalent with the rise of social media. Folks are conditioned to positions over interests type discourse so it unfortunately comes out this way in the wash on any subject. I...

and over here too! https://www.enworld.org/threads/traveller-traders-and-gunboats-in-stock-and-shipping.713150/

Oh yeah, those have issues too. I mean, if having a bunch of bad choices and one clearly best choice is what you are after, its already here.

Ohhh add to my wish list im broke after recent spending.

Making it a choice between something super cool that will be useful exactly once a campaign, something less cool that will be useful maybe once a session, and something not cool at all but completely useful in every single encounter. Additional Feat supplements that break the original design...

This guy is weird, I dont know anything about him other than what I saw on Dr Who. He seems to be everywhere I am not.

I think "feat module" was probably an idea to do exactly this before modules became vaproware after NEXT. While I agree about feats being an excellent way to add both diversity and versatility, they are rife with design traps that still plague systems today (PF2). ITs a tough nut to crack that...

Organized play for more than just D&D and Pathfinder/Starfinder. If you really want new players on board there is nothing like a homemade community of vets and newbs playing side by side.

So… people want more of this?

Its interesting how this is trending towards, "my mistake is not anticipating others mistakes"