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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 4630815" data-attributes="member: 5122">But is it really that small?Lemme ask: if 4E, instead of using healing surges at all, simply said, &quot;At the end of an encounter, your PC is fully healed,&quot; would that bother you at all?&nbsp; If not, okay, but I suspect you'd be in the minority.&nbsp; If so, why?The above is how 4E healing feels to me.&nbsp; Just ... &quot;poof,&quot; you're healed.&nbsp; And not &quot;poof&quot; as in &quot;the cleric gave you a cure critical wounds.&quot;&nbsp; In the grand scheme of things, of course it's an unimportant thing.&nbsp; But in the realm of game design and participation, it just doesn't seem like a &quot;small difference&quot; to me.Well, it's a matter of preference, so it's not that I think I'm &quot;right,&quot; honestly.&nbsp; My roommate plays video games constantly.&nbsp; Me, with the sole exception of Rock Band, not so much.&nbsp; They just don't appeal to me.&nbsp; But that doesn't make me &quot;right&quot; in how I feel about video games, does it?And I wouldn't rule out &quot;crazy,&quot; on my part.&nbsp; I just suffered through the DirecTV installation from Hell.&nbsp; I think I have new ulcers.Probably true.&nbsp; But I don't.&nbsp; Honestly, 4E lost me with non-Euclidean movement and area-of-effect.&nbsp; Compared to how that makes me twitch and throw up a little in my mouth, 4E's healing is absolutely groovy.All I said was &quot;rarer than folks seem to think.&quot;&nbsp; Not &quot;nonexistent.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Wilder, post: 4630815, member: 5122"] But is it really that small? Lemme ask: if 4E, instead of using healing surges at all, simply said, "At the end of an encounter, your PC is fully healed," would that bother you at all? If not, okay, but I suspect you'd be in the minority. If so, why? The above is how 4E healing feels to me. Just ... "poof," you're healed. And not "poof" as in "the cleric gave you a [I]cure critical wounds[/I]." In the grand scheme of things, of course it's an unimportant thing. But in the realm of game design and participation, it just doesn't seem like a "small difference" to me. Well, it's a matter of preference, so it's not that I think I'm "right," honestly. My roommate plays video games constantly. Me, with the sole exception of Rock Band, not so much. They just don't appeal to me. But that doesn't make me "right" in how I feel about video games, does it? And I wouldn't rule out "crazy," on my part. I just suffered through the DirecTV installation from Hell. I think I have new ulcers. Probably true. But I don't. Honestly, 4E lost me with non-Euclidean movement and area-of-effect. Compared to how [I]that[/I] makes me twitch and throw up a little in my mouth, 4E's healing is [I]absolutely groovy[/I]. All I said was "rarer than folks seem to think." Not "nonexistent." [/QUOTE]

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