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<blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 4551284" data-attributes="member: 63763">It is, however, implied or explicitly stated in many of the arguments &quot;why should I ...&quot; And thus, people give the answer to that.&nbsp;Or, there is a chance that either the person complaining, or more likely, someone reading what the person is saying, has not actually played 4e, or played much of it. Giving a dissenting opinion is unlikely to convince the original complainer, but there is likely someone reading it that may be inclined to agree, but that a compelling argument may sway. &nbsp;Unless people post topics looking for people to say &quot;me too&quot; ... they are inevitably asking for dissenting opinion either looking for a fight, or more likely, to either convince them otherwise or at least get a better view of the situation. By finding out why people DO like the game, they can use that to better articulate why they don't like it, and ultimately, what it is they are looking for in a game. In many cases the &quot;feature, not a bug&quot; is one of those things. 4E, for example, tries to make the sweet spot be 1-30 ... so it may be that what some don't like about it is that they liked having the tough &quot;slog&quot; at early levels and the godlike power at high levels, they just may not have been able to articulate it. Or maybe if say their DM is switching to 4e and they don't like it, they'll at least be able to understand why a DM would like 4e even if they as a player don't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WalterKovacs, post: 4551284, member: 63763"] It is, however, implied or explicitly stated in many of the arguments "why should I ..." And thus, people give the answer to that. Or, there is a chance that either the person complaining, or more likely, someone reading what the person is saying, has not actually played 4e, or played much of it. Giving a dissenting opinion is unlikely to convince the original complainer, but there is likely someone reading it that may be inclined to agree, but that a compelling argument may sway. Unless people post topics looking for people to say "me too" ... they are inevitably asking for dissenting opinion either looking for a fight, or more likely, to either convince them otherwise or at least get a better view of the situation. By finding out why people DO like the game, they can use that to better articulate why they don't like it, and ultimately, what it is they are looking for in a game. In many cases the "feature, not a bug" is one of those things. 4E, for example, tries to make the sweet spot be 1-30 ... so it may be that what some don't like about it is that they liked having the tough "slog" at early levels and the godlike power at high levels, they just may not have been able to articulate it. Or maybe if say their DM is switching to 4e and they don't like it, they'll at least be able to understand why a DM would like 4e even if they as a player don't. [/QUOTE]

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