Lorion
Explorer
Man in the Funny Hat said:It is D&D. They are not.
I'm quite serious.
Exactly. It's got brand recognition. You'll ALWAYS find people to play. Try that with FUDGE.
Man in the Funny Hat said:It is D&D. They are not.
I'm quite serious.
You mean 4E critics are like MMORPGs!?arcady said:Let's find something better to criticize, please.
'Only for casuals' sounds so much like MMO-QQing.
This.Intense_Interest said:The only people who throw on the "Casual" label on people are the ones that want to be labeled as "Supercool"/"Hardcore".
4E isn't "casual", its just a well-designed system that has a smoother learning curve and better base-level assumptions and balance concerns. If a non-competitive game like 3E requires Optimization and System Mastery, it isn't "Hardcore", its "Badly designed".
"4E is Casual" is the new "THAC0 kept the riff-raff out."
mhensley said:Noobs still won't put in the effort to learn a game with a 300+ page rulebook. Not going to happen.
d10 said:My feelings on 3e VS.4e are thus; In 3e your imagination was limited only by the ruleset, in 4e the ruleset is limited only by your imagination. Just because something isn't printed in the one of the three core rulebooks dosen't mean it isn't possible. The ruleset is simple, yet comprehensive, enough to become intuitive. Which in turn opens the game up to limitless possibilities gameplay wise. Which I think is the true genious driving 4E D&D.
As a DM who more often than not ended up "winging" large portions of his campaigns, mostly because my players would often do things I could never have expected, I welcome 4E with open arms. For when that situation occurs now, I'll no longer have to stop the game and look for some obscure rule. I can simply keep the game going and in doing so keep myself and group entertained.
Spatula said:People still post on usenet?!
Mercule said:This.
Who cares if it's "casual"? Is it fun?
Note: There is no "yeah, but". There is either "yes" or "no".
Lorion said:It is D&D. They are not.
I'm quite serious.