Is 4e Heroic?

[Particle_Man]

Minions give my wizard a chance to shine. Part of his job is to fry these guys while the Strikers go after the BBEG.

 

[neceros]

A fight against a Hill Giant in 3E could last 2 rounds or 5 rounds or 10 rounds - the tactics wouldn't change much. A fight in 4E would include a lot more maneuvering, using encounter powers. As such, the fight feels more heroic because more different things happen.

Actually, that's not true.

A dragon has generally three or four abilities. It takes maybe two or three rounds to do everything it has. It's abilities are Recharge, so they want you to use his big hits multiple times. That's the only difference.

There is no down fall for shortening their hitpoints. All it does is reduce the time needed to continue the plot.