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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ycore Rixle" data-source="post: 4625023" data-attributes="member: 675">7 months out, my impressions are somewhat worse than they were when Chris and Bill made the 4e announcement at Gen Con 07. At that point, I turned to my friends and said, "I bet it will be some steps forward, some steps backward, but on the whole a slight but significant improvement."Now, I would amend that to read, "It's some steps forward, some steps backward, and on the whole no better or worse for most people, just different." For me, personally, it's a step backwards. But I recognize that my judgment is colored by personal preferences. For example, I teach physics, and the fact that the world described by the 4e rules makes no physical sense does not sit well with me.Another problem for me is that I just don't respect the lack of rigor in the writing. Again and again, the writers use words without regard to meaning. The Pathfinder has no powers that help him find paths. Demons aren't afraid of death but they obey balors out of fear of being killed. Oozes can be tripped. This Orwellian obfuscation of the language is maddening. It makes me wonder that they haven't changed the alignment system to Lawful Good, Good, Double Plus Super Null, Mini-good, and Giant Extra Mega Ungood. But, alas, that is only me, and many people don't care about that stuff.Overall, I can still have fun playing 4e. It just takes a little work and a lot of teeth gritting.</blockquote>