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<blockquote data-quote="SolitonMan" data-source="post: 4483404" data-attributes="member: 22433">I've been playing in a play by post game using the 4E rules, and that's been OK in so far as not having the immediate pressure to decide an action from limited choices.&nbsp; I also just dropped out of a group in which we played two sessions of KotS.&nbsp; The first session was ok, the second not so fun.&nbsp; I find myself feeling the same way about 4E that I did about VB.NET.&nbsp; See, I spent years programming in ASP/VB/SQL and was comfortable with it.&nbsp; When I tried to make the switch to .NET, I found that my previous VB experience was just enough to confuse (and frustrate) me.&nbsp; My previous experience gave me no leverage in the new paradigm (I ended chucking VB.NET and just learning C# instead).In a similar way I find my 4E experience getting frustrating.&nbsp; &quot;Oh, right, it's a move action to take a 5-foot step now.&quot;&nbsp; Little things like that.&nbsp; Plus constantly having to look up powers - drag.There are some things I like about 4E.&nbsp; Movement in squares insteaed of distance so you can skip that double-count crap with diagonals - genius.&nbsp; All areas of effect are squares - brilliant.&nbsp; Spellcasters always have something to do effectively - awesome.&nbsp; But mostly it's felt more like work than gaming trying to engage 4E.&nbsp; Probably just the cranky old man syndrome...Anyway, to be succinct to the OP's question - nope.&nbsp; Doesn't do it for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SolitonMan, post: 4483404, member: 22433"] I've been playing in a play by post game using the 4E rules, and that's been OK in so far as not having the immediate pressure to decide an action from limited choices. I also just dropped out of a group in which we played two sessions of KotS. The first session was ok, the second not so fun. I find myself feeling the same way about 4E that I did about VB.NET. See, I spent years programming in ASP/VB/SQL and was comfortable with it. When I tried to make the switch to .NET, I found that my previous VB experience was just enough to confuse (and frustrate) me. My previous experience gave me no leverage in the new paradigm (I ended chucking VB.NET and just learning C# instead). In a similar way I find my 4E experience getting frustrating. "Oh, right, it's a move action to take a 5-foot step now." Little things like that. Plus constantly having to look up powers - drag. There are some things I like about 4E. Movement in squares insteaed of distance so you can skip that double-count crap with diagonals - genius. All areas of effect are squares - brilliant. Spellcasters always have something to do effectively - awesome. But mostly it's felt more like work than gaming trying to engage 4E. Probably just the cranky old man syndrome... Anyway, to be succinct to the OP's question - nope. Doesn't do it for me. [/QUOTE]

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