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<blockquote data-quote="Fenes 2" data-source="post: 630668" data-attributes="member: 6166">I don't play roleplaying games to have my character act as a virtual playing piece. For that I have wargames. As far as playing it smart goes, I played it &quot;smart&quot; when I started gaming more than 10 years ago. It got old for me. Always looking for the best plan, always looking for the best gear for the job, always looking for that extra edge. Always behaving as I would if in the same situation - minimizing the risks, and maximizing (or trying to) the pay off. For me it was boring. I don't play D&amp;D to be bored. Do you really believe that as soon as you are not minmaxing your PC for optimum effect you are not playing a game anymore?I resent the remark that I am not playing D&amp;D just because I do not play it your way. I could - but I do not - direct you to wargames. There it is the convention to always optimize your strategy, and do your best to beat the opponents, and there you will be far better served than playing a game where the DM could kill off your PC by divine intervention any day he chooses to. D&amp;D offers a great many different playstyles.If you still think I am not playing D&amp;D, I may refer you to the DMG, under deep-immersion gamestyle (around p.8 or so, iirc), where the different playstyles are explained.I hope you will once try playing an adventure where the PCs behave like in the movies, with over-the-top stunts and dramatic but not too efficient manoevres, comedy and slapstick - you may discover that it is fun, or not.All I can say is that I tried your way for years, and got fed up with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fenes 2, post: 630668, member: 6166"] [B] I don't play roleplaying games to have my character act as a virtual playing piece. For that I have wargames. As far as playing it smart goes, I played it "smart" when I started gaming more than 10 years ago. It got old for me. Always looking for the best plan, always looking for the best gear for the job, always looking for that extra edge. Always behaving as I would if in the same situation - minimizing the risks, and maximizing (or trying to) the pay off. For me it was boring. I don't play D&D to be bored. Do you really believe that as soon as you are not minmaxing your PC for optimum effect you are not playing a game anymore? I resent the remark that I am not playing D&D just because I do not play it your way. I could - but I do not - direct you to wargames. There it is the convention to always optimize your strategy, and do your best to beat the opponents, and there you will be far better served than playing a game where the DM could kill off your PC by divine intervention any day he chooses to. D&D offers a great many different playstyles. If you still think I am not playing D&D, I may refer you to the DMG, under deep-immersion gamestyle (around p.8 or so, iirc), where the different playstyles are explained. I hope you will once try playing an adventure where the PCs behave like in the movies, with over-the-top stunts and dramatic but not too efficient manoevres, comedy and slapstick - you may discover that it is fun, or not. All I can say is that I tried your way for years, and got fed up with it.[/b] [/QUOTE]

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