D&D 5E Aren't High Level Monster ACs too low even for a flat math system?

[Derren]

I agree with Gargoyle. AC too high does sap some of the satisfaction out of the game. I started playing Next and Pathfinder back to back, and our group kind of laughed a bit when it took us 4 or 5 rounds to kill 6 kobolds in Pathfinder because our party was not all maxed for attack bonuses.

And why is that bad? Why should the default be that the PCs slaughter everything they meet in seconds?

 

[Rhenny]

And why is that bad? Why should the default be that the PCs slaughter everything they meet in seconds?

Different feel. It just so happens that when my group played it side by side we had more fun with Next. When the outcome of the encounter is inevitable, it is nice to end it in 1 or 2 rounds, not 4 or 5.

I'm sure others may have different opinions..that's ok too.

 

[Derren]

Different feel. It just so happens that when my group played it side by side we had more fun with Next. When the outcome of the encounter is inevitable, it is nice to end it in 1 or 2 rounds, not 4 or 5.

I'm sure others may have different opinions..that's ok too.

But the outcome is pretty much always inevitable.