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<blockquote data-quote="Andur" data-source="post: 4364218" data-attributes="member: 27898"><p>I"m a little confused solomon, there is no way your party would get through an encounter at level 15 in 1.5 hours in 3.5, without some great rolling on the PC"s part, and some poor rolling on the DM's part. Sure the combat would not last more than 2-3 rounds, but timewise 1-1/2 hours would be a minimum. Combats got slowere and slower in 3.x as the party progressed, I would expect them to take a "tad" longer in any system as one progresses. </p><p></p><p>As far as suggestions, how about playing the game more, leveling up so you get a better understanding of power combos and how the party needs to work together differently in 4e versus precious editions, and in general increasing your practical (as in experience) knowledge of 4e. What you are describing is like when somone who has never played WoW before buys a level 70 geared out toon and then says "it sucks" when they get pwned the first time they go out and try PvP or boss encounter.</p><p></p><p>It really sounds like your group was a little over ambitious with your first session of 4e. We always start a new mini campaign when a new edition comes out to "kick the tires" before we go converting old characters and pick up an old campaign. (Best example was the time we were doing a Slavers campaign kicking off with B2 using 2e Skills and Powers and then 3e came out, if we had tried porting right over we would have had a TPK, instead we started a ToEE mini-campaign)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andur, post: 4364218, member: 27898"] I"m a little confused solomon, there is no way your party would get through an encounter at level 15 in 1.5 hours in 3.5, without some great rolling on the PC"s part, and some poor rolling on the DM's part. Sure the combat would not last more than 2-3 rounds, but timewise 1-1/2 hours would be a minimum. Combats got slowere and slower in 3.x as the party progressed, I would expect them to take a "tad" longer in any system as one progresses. As far as suggestions, how about playing the game more, leveling up so you get a better understanding of power combos and how the party needs to work together differently in 4e versus precious editions, and in general increasing your practical (as in experience) knowledge of 4e. What you are describing is like when somone who has never played WoW before buys a level 70 geared out toon and then says "it sucks" when they get pwned the first time they go out and try PvP or boss encounter. It really sounds like your group was a little over ambitious with your first session of 4e. We always start a new mini campaign when a new edition comes out to "kick the tires" before we go converting old characters and pick up an old campaign. (Best example was the time we were doing a Slavers campaign kicking off with B2 using 2e Skills and Powers and then 3e came out, if we had tried porting right over we would have had a TPK, instead we started a ToEE mini-campaign) [/QUOTE]
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