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<blockquote data-quote="azhrei_fje" data-source="post: 5082560" data-attributes="member: 12966">I've played with HL3.4 in a VMware session and I'm not too impressed.&nbsp; The UI has an extremely clunky feel to it, like something from the days of Windows 3.1. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :("&nbsp; data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />HL doesn't auto-create any magical weapons (that I could tell) so if I want to give an NPC a +1 longsword I have to choose longsword, then make it magical, then &quot;buy it&quot; so it's added to the NPCs gear.&nbsp; I'd much rather see the weapon type on the left and magical enhancements on the right -- it would significantly speed up that process.&nbsp; Armor and other gear are similar.On top of all that, the demo won't let me create a high-level druid (which is the next NPC that my players will face) so I can't determine how HL handles high-level char creation and as my group is 10th level this is an important consideration for me.I do like the option of customization that I've read about in other forums, but that's not enough to overcome these other issues, IMO.&nbsp; However, if the price is in the $30 range, then I may go ahead and pick up an OSX version to play with it more.&nbsp; As MapTool's campaign frameworks mature, I'm finding less and less need for char builders...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="azhrei_fje, post: 5082560, member: 12966"] I've played with HL3.4 in a VMware session and I'm not too impressed. The UI has an extremely clunky feel to it, like something from the days of Windows 3.1. :( HL doesn't auto-create any magical weapons (that I could tell) so if I want to give an NPC a +1 longsword I have to choose longsword, then make it magical, then "buy it" so it's added to the NPCs gear. I'd much rather see the weapon type on the left and magical enhancements on the right -- it would significantly speed up that process. Armor and other gear are similar. On top of all that, the demo won't let me create a high-level druid (which is the next NPC that my players will face) so I can't determine how HL handles high-level char creation and as my group is 10th level this is an important consideration for me. I do like the option of customization that I've read about in other forums, but that's not enough to overcome these other issues, IMO. However, if the price is in the $30 range, then I may go ahead and pick up an OSX version to play with it more. As MapTool's campaign frameworks mature, I'm finding less and less need for char builders... [/QUOTE]

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