Dave Noonan on WoW

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

D&D is a team based game, and was originally one of exploration and resource management. In addition, spell casters tended to sacrifice a lot early on for a great reward later. Sure, it's "unfun" to blow your magic missile in the first fight, but then the point wasn't just to fight, fight, fight.

Unless, you know, you picked one of the other classes, who got to do that until the cows came home.

That same guy who got 1 magic missile spell was also the one who could read the arcane runes inscribed on the door or comprehend the nature of the vile sorcerer opposing the party.

I want to play Gandalf the Exposition Vehicle!

Before encounter/combat as the sole purpose of the game, characters (and players) had more to do that just beat on the mobs.

When was that? Chainmail? OD&D, when there was nothing to do but beat on the mobs? (And nice MMO lingo there, grognard! ) 1E and BD&D, when you were assumed to take a break from kicking ass to build a castle and kick rival kingdoms' asses? The magical utopia of 2E, with its Complete Ass-Kicker splatbooks?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I feel as though 4e will not be the game for me. I just think its to ooverpowered I mean the tactics are there but so are the letsj sut level our selveso ut of trouble solutions and the thingI like about dnd is tht grinding is non-existant.

Since you have a playtest document you're not using, can I have it?

If the burden of that is taken aay theres no reason not to play a party of 4 wizards with a bunch hirelings ot suck up the abuse for you.

Yeah, that's a big loss.

 

[outsider]

I played WoW for about a year. I got tired of it a couple of months ago. The continuous quest to upgrade my gear got pretty boring.

Ah hah! There's another area that D&D is like WoW! There's way too much focus on magic items in both!

Oh wait. In 4th edition they are reducing the focus on magic items. My bad. That's actually a way that 4th ed is -less- like WoW. Sorry about that. Carry on with the talks of how Wizards is turning D&D into WoW.