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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gothmog" data-source="post: 4805915" data-attributes="member: 317">4e has been a real blessing for my groups.  It fits very well with our playstyle, and gives us a very 1e AD&D vibe when we play it, without all the excess rules clutter of 3e.  I like almost every thing 4e, with the highlights being:* Rebalancing of the classes so everyone has something interesting/fun to do* The classes are also awesome- I especially love the warlocks and their pacts, avengers, and the new paladin is awesome!* Rituals- great idea, even if the costs are a little steep for some of them* Powers- I love the powers and their utilization.  Unlike some other folks, I haven't had a problem with players spamming powers- my players tend to try weird stuff which I rule for on the fly.* Roll to hit vs. one of four defenses* No need for dedicated healers anymore- healing surges are a great idea* 4e is a lot easier to improvise and run due to simplified and better balanced math behind the system* Monsters and PCs do not use the same design rules* This might just be psychological on my part, but 4e feels like a more open and free system (much like 1e/2e), which encourages me to be more creative when I play or DM* Minions, standard, elite, and solo monsters* Character and monster roles* Death and dying rules* Saving throws for a way to represent duration of powers* The disease track (which I also ported over to represent curses)* The action structure (standard, move, minor)- plays very well* The character generator* Tiered play* New multiclassing rules* Dynamic combat with lots of movment* Focus on cooperation of PCs and tactics for success* Loss of iterative attacks* NO MORE BUFFING!!!* The new cosmology really grabs me in a way the old one never did.  I especially love the Feywild (and increased use of fey), Shadowfell, Elemental Chaos, and the Primordials/Gods war before the start of time.  There are three things that do bug me about 4e though:* Magic items are kind of sterile.  I'd like to see most items have BOTH an encounter and daily power, and/or a weak "always on" effect in replacement of an encounter and daily power.* No way to represent long-term injuries.  We've houseruled this one and it works pretty well, but it bugged me when I first read 4e.* More at-will powers are needed, and a way for characters to gain them later in their careers (maybe via a feat or something when they hit paragon, and again at epic).</blockquote>

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