Does D&D combat break the fantasy?

[LostSoul]

My narrow-minded objection is not against people who want to talk about ways of modifying the rules in order to play different styles, but people who complain that a ruleset designed for one type of play doesn't well support a completely different style of play. I don't bother giving out constructive criticism because I'm not interested in designing a grim n' gritty game. I just get cranky when people blame rules for their own lack of imagination.

I think that people who are eventually going to switch from D&D to their own hybrid system first need to air out their complaints, then they start to think about ways to change the game so it works for them. That's what I did. My brother and I talked about D&D and its failings for a while, and then we started to come up with alternate systems.

 

[barsoomcore]

I think that people who are eventually going to switch from D&D to their own hybrid system first need to air out their complaints, then they start to think about ways to change the game so it works for them.

Well, and I understand that. This thread started out, however, as a comment on how D&D combat "breaks the fantasy" and encourages meta-gaming. Well, it doesn't.