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yeah, that part is definitely true decided not to wait that long ;)

yeah, their level of adherence to backwards compatibility basically killed 5.5 for me, along with me not actually liking the general...

It was the anchor of backwards compatibility that they hung around their own necks. Without it, they could have made those changes.

GM and players need to run combat like rainman or the matchup needs to be on par with Superman vrs some random and fifth graders Edit...

They can't, really - it's IMMENSELY DIFFICULT to fit 6-8 encounters into 3ish hours. I'd say impossible, but I hear anecdotally that...

Can you explain how recovery method changes things when a warlock casts a pact magic spell instead of a sorcerer or warlock casting the...

Well, whilst D&D of course remains overwhelmingly the most popular RPG, I think the momentum seems to be pretty much gone. I don't think...

The thing is, despite all my complaints, I actually think 5e is a well designed game. It has issues, but it works reasonably well for...

Nope. Draw Steel, Daggerheart, other RPGs and even 5.5e are just reinventing the fixes 4e introduced. Just not as ugly

I agree that you cannot design by committee. But having someone on staff who, y'know, is actually a professional at designing surveys...

Be that as it may, if there had been extensive playtesting of 4e, "Does not feel like D&D" would surely have appeared as a significant...

It's complicated and I think blizzard has done a good job of both succinctly summarizing why as well as growing from a verbal faux pas...

I think it's a pretty natural upshot of combining resource-based play with GM authority over pacing. Originally, D&D was not designed...

Yeah that. And people over exaggerate how useless high level AD&D fighters are.

if you are doing that why not just do away with them? You'll have to adjust classes that count on 5 min rests but it wouldn't be hard...