D&D 4E First Impressions of 4E / Predictions on 5E

[PeterWeller]

Feeling to play in a living, breathing world without any artificial barriers because of rules.
This sort of immersion will be much harder to achieve in 4E than in 3E (see rings only working for specific levels, everything only made for combat...)

And dragons not having access to Alarm?

 

[Mortellan]

My prediction for 5e is lots of retractions.

 

[Derren]

Well, well....
When I look at all the "bland Pit Fiend" comments and on those many "Gamist vs. Simulationists" discussion it seems that quite a few people do share some of my concerns.

 

[Plane Sailing]

First off, sorry for the 5th edition comment. I read the moderators comment and consider it dropped.

Now for the main topic, 4E. With my initial view on what I read on 4E I'd say I was 25/75 (like/dislike). After doing some more reading, which I admit was quite a bit more than my first reading session, I am more at 45/55 based on what I have read so far.

Thanks for coming back to the thread and updating it as you've read more. It is interesting to see how your views change based upon additional information.