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<blockquote data-quote="chitzk0i" data-source="post: 4357209" data-attributes="member: 34584">4E borrows almost no design from World of Warcraft.&nbsp; 4E does borrow a few ideas, like that one Warlock Paragon Path with the soul crystals (eerily similar to a major feature of WoW warlocks) and the physical residue of disenchanting magic items.&nbsp; But come on!&nbsp; WoW's archetypal play experience is &quot;tank and spank&quot;: the party fights one monster.&nbsp; The tank taunts this monster, because no one else can survive more than two or three hits.&nbsp; The tank takes so much damage, someone's job is to stand around and heal him.&nbsp; Everyone else hurts the monster.&nbsp; 4E has a totally different philosphy.&nbsp;If 4E &quot;borrowed a lot of design&quot; from WoW, resistance wouldn't just be a number, it would be a rating that you would compare to your level and then look up in a table to determine your chance to avoid 25, 50, 75 or 100 percent of the attack's damage.&nbsp; If 4E &quot;borrowed a lot of design&quot; from WoW, one of its base stats would do absolutely nothing for 90% of characters, but bonuses to that stat would still be on a ton of gear.&nbsp; If 4E &quot;borrowed a lot of design&quot; from WoW, fighters with shields would have the damage output of a two-year-old.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chitzk0i, post: 4357209, member: 34584"] 4E borrows almost no design from World of Warcraft. 4E does borrow a few ideas, like that one Warlock Paragon Path with the soul crystals (eerily similar to a major feature of WoW warlocks) and the physical residue of disenchanting magic items. But come on! WoW's archetypal play experience is "tank and spank": the party fights one monster. The tank taunts this monster, because no one else can survive more than two or three hits. The tank takes so much damage, someone's job is to stand around and heal him. Everyone else hurts the monster. 4E has a totally different philosphy. If 4E "borrowed a lot of design" from WoW, resistance wouldn't just be a number, it would be a rating that you would compare to your level and then look up in a table to determine your chance to avoid 25, 50, 75 or 100 percent of the attack's damage. If 4E "borrowed a lot of design" from WoW, one of its base stats would do absolutely nothing for 90% of characters, but bonuses to that stat would still be on a ton of gear. If 4E "borrowed a lot of design" from WoW, fighters with shields would have the damage output of a two-year-old. [/QUOTE]

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