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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7982906" data-attributes="member: 29398"><p>Dubious claim. The difference is that 3e was designed with balance in mind (sort of) and thus one can debate whether or not this intention was successful.</p><p></p><p>Balance wasn't much of a consideration pre-3e, except in the broadest of terms, so to complain thusly:</p><p></p><p>... isn't really fair.</p><p></p><p>Sounds balanced to me - both the PCs and the monsters could wipe each other out much more easily.</p><p></p><p>All it means is that combat might not always be the best answer to a situation...</p><p></p><p>Feature, not bug.</p><p></p><p>Particularly when you throw in the fact that in 2e the power curve was much flatter than 3e, meaning that a) yes you could throw something really nasty at a party and they'd still have a chance of beating it and b) lower-level monsters remained a viable threat longer into the campaign.</p><p></p><p>That same power-curve issue also forced PCs in 3e parties to all be the same level, where in 2e you could viably have a party with a fairly wide level range (maybe plus-minus 2 from the party average) and still run just fine.</p><p></p><p>The operative word being 'tried'; with the end result being that the weaker classes from 2e (e.g. Cleric) got way overpowered in 3e, while good classes in 2e (e.g. Ranger) got hosed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7982906, member: 29398"] Dubious claim. The difference is that 3e was designed with balance in mind (sort of) and thus one can debate whether or not this intention was successful. Balance wasn't much of a consideration pre-3e, except in the broadest of terms, so to complain thusly: ... isn't really fair. Sounds balanced to me - both the PCs and the monsters could wipe each other out much more easily. All it means is that combat might not always be the best answer to a situation... Feature, not bug. Particularly when you throw in the fact that in 2e the power curve was much flatter than 3e, meaning that a) yes you could throw something really nasty at a party and they'd still have a chance of beating it and b) lower-level monsters remained a viable threat longer into the campaign. That same power-curve issue also forced PCs in 3e parties to all be the same level, where in 2e you could viably have a party with a fairly wide level range (maybe plus-minus 2 from the party average) and still run just fine. The operative word being 'tried'; with the end result being that the weaker classes from 2e (e.g. Cleric) got way overpowered in 3e, while good classes in 2e (e.g. Ranger) got hosed. [/QUOTE]
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