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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 9432938" data-attributes="member: 55680">As I said upthread I think this situation is a bit analogous to the changeover from 2e to 3e. If you used 2e tactics in 3e things worked pretty smoothly. But after a while people figured out what tactics worked the best under 3e rules (mostly save or suck/lose effects, with direct damage being less useful than in 2e due to 3e monster HP bloat) and then things started to work much less smoothly unless there was a gentleman's agreement to avoid problematic tactics/builds.So I think that the way people are playing 5.5e is mostly just using 5e tactics with slightly different rules. However, once people really sink their teeth into the new mechanics I think that in a lot of tables the tactics used will start to shift over towards the sort of tactics that 5.5e most incentivizes. For example I think it's going to be a VERY good idea to figure out a build/tactics that let you spam your WMs left and right.Will all people use those tactics? Nope. Just like not all people focused save vs. suck tactics  and stacking buffs for 3.*ed casters instead of blasting and healing but it's a bit too early to judge what the state of play in 5.5e will look like until we start seeing how play changes as people adapt to the new rules. What form that adaptation will take (and if that adaptation will make things more fun or not) is beyond me to determine, but it will be something.</blockquote>