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I think the problem is fairly obvious. The casuals and theater kids aren't causing balance problems because of the design. The power gamers are trying to break the game and win during character creation. That's the problem. You can solve it one of three ways. One, don't play with them. Two, play...

Want your world to feel real. It's simple. Just keep this one thing in mind… “People who have power tend to abuse the people who don’t.” —Leonard Boyarsky

Exactly. Just because we’ve invented various patches or crutches to mitigate the problem doesn’t mean the problem never existed or has been fixed.

Quite the opposite. I’d vastly prefer to play 2E. But the majority wants whatever’s new and shiny. So if I want to actually play WFRP instead of just collect books that collect dust, I have to keep current.

Focusing fire isn’t a new concept. It’s made explicit in the 4E Player’s Strategy Guide. And has been common practice at tables with people who play boardgames, wargames, and video games since the beginning. It’s more surprising to me that this is somehow new to people as it’s been a thing since...

Exactly. Use the right tool for the right job. It's not meant for hitting 1-2 big bags of hit points, it's meant for quickly clearing the room of minions...and it's amazing for that.

In a weird twist, Max from Tasting History with Max Miller also made Spätzle on his week's show. It's a side in his video and only gets a quick mention, but he shows off one of the other methods of making Spätzle, the grater. I should get one of those. Looks so much easier.

Yeah. It’s wild. I know they play the games they’re designing, but it almost seems like they’re in their own bubble with no contact from the wider community at all. One optimizer or power gamer on the design team could have pointed all this out. Same with the boss monster math / resting nova...

Love to. But there’s always far more interest for the shiny new thing than the dusty old thing, it seems.

That didn’t take long. I really should stop banging my head against that particular brick wall.

I absolutely love the setting. So far 2E is my favorite edition of WFRP. 4E is just way too crunchy for my tastes. Here's to hoping they've dialed that way back in the revision. If not, there's always The Old World RPG.

He's an "engineer."

I know it will end in disappointment. I don't know why I bother.

No, not using D&D 5E as the base. It's a revised WFRP 4E that's backwards compatible. Your books will still be usable with the new edition...wait...where have I heard that before? https://cubicle7games.com/en_EU/blog/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay-fifth-edition-in-house-interview

Settings of Hope strike me as inherently unrealistic and break my suspension of disbelief. Settings of Despair are more realistic and are easier to suspend my disbelief. There's also more work to do in Settings of Despair. As Gradine and others have said, turning despair into hope is some of...

And I will do it again.

Are we still supposed to pretend it's about taste instead of money?