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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3972159" data-attributes="member: 19675">As another old-timer, let me put it this way.A good, well-designed game is like cooking a meal.&nbsp; You combine ingredients to get the right &quot;flavor&quot; and wait until it's &quot;done.&quot;One of the adages of cooking is that undercooking can be corrected, overcooking cannot.&nbsp; There is a similar one to use of spices.Some of the 4Ed changes that have been revealed are analagous to &quot;overseasoning&quot; or &quot;overcooking&quot;- seemingly arbitrary, possibly contrary to a large segment of the installed base, whatever- and could have been drafted as optional rules to be added on instead of being integral to the base game.For example, consider the Tiefling as a core race.&nbsp; I have absolutely no problem with PC Tieflings- I even try to play them on occasion.&nbsp; I DO have a problem with them as a core race replacing a legacy core race AND without the corresponding Aasimar as a core counterbalance.Too much seasoning, too much cooking.Don't get me wrong- I'm reserving judgement of 4Ed until I have its entire Core in my hot little hands, and I've already pre-ordered it- but I'm definitely less impressed by advanced info released re the switch from 3.XEd to 4Ed than I was about the revision from 2Ed to 3Ed.&nbsp; For all I know, the game could come together into a nice little cassarole.However, unlike the last upgrade, I'm not holding my breath.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 3972159, member: 19675"] As another old-timer, let me put it this way. A good, well-designed game is like cooking a meal. You combine ingredients to get the right "flavor" and wait until it's "done." One of the adages of cooking is that undercooking can be corrected, overcooking cannot. There is a similar one to use of spices. Some of the 4Ed changes that have been revealed are analagous to "overseasoning" or "overcooking"- seemingly arbitrary, possibly contrary to a large segment of the installed base, whatever- and could have been drafted as optional rules to be added on instead of being integral to the base game. For example, consider the Tiefling as a core race. I have absolutely no problem with PC Tieflings- I even try to play them on occasion. I DO have a problem with them as a core race replacing a legacy core race AND without the corresponding Aasimar as a core counterbalance. Too much seasoning, too much cooking. Don't get me wrong- I'm reserving judgement of 4Ed until I have its entire Core in my hot little hands, and I've already pre-ordered it- but I'm definitely less impressed by advanced info released re the switch from 3.XEd to 4Ed than I was about the revision from 2Ed to 3Ed. For all I know, the game could come together into a nice little cassarole. However, unlike the last upgrade, I'm not holding my breath. [/QUOTE]

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