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<blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 5968626" data-attributes="member: 59057"><p>This would be the most boring dungeon crawl and computer game like game i could imagine. And also a very straining one for DMs, as every encounter needs to be finely balanced or you have your TPK right there.</p><p></p><p>Without daily resources, too easy and too difficult encounters are terrible, as the former don´t feel threatening at all, and the latter are TPK with nothing the PCs can do.</p><p></p><p>Even in 4e you heard many voices, that it does not feel deadly, but can easily result in a TPK. The reason is exactly, that with so few daily resources, you can´t really act strategically. Some classes, like the wizard in 4e can use a daily and make a too difficult encounter just right. But a slayer, who is essentially an encounter only class, can´t do nothing, if the encounter is more difficult as expected.</p><p></p><p>So, please people, think twice about wishing, that daily resources go. There is no game system without daily resources that i know... and I am sure this has its reasons.</p><p></p><p>edit: of course classes with only encounter powers can haver its place, (like the slayer) but daily resources are important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UngeheuerLich, post: 5968626, member: 59057"] This would be the most boring dungeon crawl and computer game like game i could imagine. And also a very straining one for DMs, as every encounter needs to be finely balanced or you have your TPK right there. Without daily resources, too easy and too difficult encounters are terrible, as the former don´t feel threatening at all, and the latter are TPK with nothing the PCs can do. Even in 4e you heard many voices, that it does not feel deadly, but can easily result in a TPK. The reason is exactly, that with so few daily resources, you can´t really act strategically. Some classes, like the wizard in 4e can use a daily and make a too difficult encounter just right. But a slayer, who is essentially an encounter only class, can´t do nothing, if the encounter is more difficult as expected. So, please people, think twice about wishing, that daily resources go. There is no game system without daily resources that i know... and I am sure this has its reasons. edit: of course classes with only encounter powers can haver its place, (like the slayer) but daily resources are important. [/QUOTE]
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