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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5453655" data-attributes="member: 59082">Interesting read - it could really inspire its own thread. I tend to agree with him, and felt the same way about 3.5 that the WotC person's fiancee did (&quot;30 minutes of fun packed into 4 hours&quot;). But the problem is, I don't think 4E really fixed the problem, or rather it was a two steps forward, one step back kind of thing: they replaced old problems with new ones, although ones that I don't think are quite as bad.In some ways I think the main difference between 3.5E and 4E is not which sacred cows were slain or healing surges or Vancian magic or powers or any number of the many things that people kvetch about; rather, I think it has to do with system mastery, and the degree to which people like that approach to gaming or not. 3.5E is all about systems mastery; 4E is not. 4E seems to have become more about it deeper into the edition cycle because WotC just couldn't resist the urge to come out with endlessly boring and pointless feats. But, by and large, 4E is a game that is generally balanced; it doesn't as much reward system mastery as tactical mastery, especially in relationship to the group.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5453655, member: 59082"] Interesting read - it could really inspire its own thread. I tend to agree with him, and felt the same way about 3.5 that the WotC person's fiancee did ("30 minutes of fun packed into 4 hours"). But the problem is, I don't think 4E really fixed the problem, or rather it was a two steps forward, one step back kind of thing: they replaced old problems with new ones, although ones that I don't think are quite as bad. In some ways I think the main difference between 3.5E and 4E is [I]not[/I] which sacred cows were slain or healing surges or Vancian magic or powers or any number of the many things that people kvetch about; rather, I think it has to do with system mastery, and the degree to which people like that approach to gaming or not. 3.5E is all about systems mastery; 4E is not. 4E seems to have become [I]more[/I] about it deeper into the edition cycle because WotC just couldn't resist the urge to come out with endlessly boring and pointless feats. But, by and large, 4E is a game that is generally balanced; it doesn't as much reward system mastery as [I]tactical [/I]mastery, especially in relationship to the group. [/QUOTE]

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