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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 4463262" data-attributes="member: 707">Heyo folks!  Nice to be back and see some of the familiar faces. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />So here I am, starting to play 4th-edition.  My character is a few sessions into 2nd-level, so we're only just starting.  I'm playing a warlock, and I'm finding the tactical combat appealing.  Slides, then short teleportation, then AoE...I see a progression that allows for some expanding tactical challenges.However, as I leaf through the later abilities, I start to realize that, beyond slides, short teleports, and AoE...the game does not seem to offer anything new at mid- and high-levels.  Instead, the numbers just get slightly bigger.  A slightly longer slide.  A slightly longer short-range teleport (or short-range fly).  A slightly wider AoE.  A couple additional damage dice.What I'm asking is, is there something I'm not seeing on the printed page?  Do mid- and high-level combat offer different and varied tactical challenges not seen in the low-level game?  Or is the game, while interesting at low-levels, lacking depth?3e introduced a lot of new aspects in the mid- and high-level games.  Aerial/3d combats.  Swarms of summoned creatures.  Vision control combat (Darkvision versus invisibility versus Illusion).  Even cross-dimensional combat.  All of these things requiring new and unique strategic responses.Reading over the later 4e abilities, that seems to be missing.Am I wrong?</blockquote>

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