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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 4357859" data-attributes="member: 2011">Note: &quot;can be&quot;. Not &quot;should be&quot; or &quot;designed to be&quot; like you claimed.If they had meant should be, they would have written it:'An encounter power can and should be used once per encounter'Instead, they are not trying to tell people how to play.Nope. Nowhere there does it state that &quot;The encounter powers exist to be used almost every encounter&quot;. Not one rule you quoted here discusses how often Encounter Powers should be used.So, that's still a design assumption on your part.The sentences you quoted here talk about how the DM should set up typical encounters and what he might consider doing if his players surprise by not being Encounter Lemmings.Personally, I think telling the DM to fudge is bad advice.If the new system is really balanced, it is balanced to handle players moving on to the next encounter without a rest WITHOUT the DM resorting to fudging.And, most players will only do that if they have not used up most of their per encounter powers and/or are not wounded, so it's a bit of a moot point.The next encounter might be more challenging, but nothing stops the players from retreating or pulling out their big gun Dailies.PotAto, potato. Rage sounds like big gun to me.&quot;Oh shoot, that's a boss. Frag him.&quot;If a PC has used up all of his Encounter powers already in the encounter on the mooks, he will be forced to use At Will or Dailies on the Boss.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 4357859, member: 2011"] Note: "can be". Not "should be" or "designed to be" like you claimed. If they had meant should be, they would have written it: 'An encounter power can and should be used once per encounter' Instead, they are not trying to tell people how to play. Nope. Nowhere there does it state that "The encounter powers exist to be used almost every encounter". Not one rule you quoted here discusses how often Encounter Powers should be used. So, that's still a design assumption on your part. The sentences you quoted here talk about how the DM should set up typical encounters and what he might consider doing if his players surprise by not being Encounter Lemmings. Personally, I think telling the DM to fudge is bad advice. If the new system is really balanced, it is balanced to handle players moving on to the next encounter without a rest WITHOUT the DM resorting to fudging. And, most players will only do that if they have not used up most of their per encounter powers and/or are not wounded, so it's a bit of a moot point. The next encounter might be more challenging, but nothing stops the players from retreating or pulling out their big gun Dailies. PotAto, potato. Rage sounds like big gun to me. "Oh shoot, that's a boss. Frag him." If a PC has used up all of his Encounter powers already in the encounter on the mooks, he will be forced to use At Will or Dailies on the Boss. [/QUOTE]

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