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<blockquote data-quote="Njall" data-source="post: 6327109" data-attributes="member: 54719"><p>I'm pretty sure that anyone agrees that "overly complicated characters are a barrier of entry" for new players, however not everyone agrees on what constitutes an "overly complicated character". </p><p>Look at you back and forth with Ruin Explorer, here: you kept mentioning how long it took to create a character, he kept telling you that it was never an issue to him. </p><p>How many decision points does it take to make character creation "overly complicated"? Do you have a clear, defined, objective answer? Do you think RE could provide objective proof to the contrary? Because, if you can't, then maybe you could start considering that it's entirely a subjective matter. </p><p>We're not talking LFQW here, that required that you only create a single core wizard who could mop the floor with half the MM without DM fiat to prove your point ( to a degree ); to make a point in this case you'd need to prove that most new players would find the process of creating a character in 4e and 3e a daunting task, and I'm pretty sure that polling any single potential D&D player goes beyond the scope of this topic ( and would be hardly doable anyway ).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Njall, post: 6327109, member: 54719"] I'm pretty sure that anyone agrees that "overly complicated characters are a barrier of entry" for new players, however not everyone agrees on what constitutes an "overly complicated character". Look at you back and forth with Ruin Explorer, here: you kept mentioning how long it took to create a character, he kept telling you that it was never an issue to him. How many decision points does it take to make character creation "overly complicated"? Do you have a clear, defined, objective answer? Do you think RE could provide objective proof to the contrary? Because, if you can't, then maybe you could start considering that it's entirely a subjective matter. We're not talking LFQW here, that required that you only create a single core wizard who could mop the floor with half the MM without DM fiat to prove your point ( to a degree ); to make a point in this case you'd need to prove that most new players would find the process of creating a character in 4e and 3e a daunting task, and I'm pretty sure that polling any single potential D&D player goes beyond the scope of this topic ( and would be hardly doable anyway ). [/QUOTE]
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