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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 7950172" data-attributes="member: 20564">5e is &quot;easy mode&quot; when played the way most groups play it.&nbsp; 5e is not easy mode when played based on the design guidelines.&nbsp; Unfortunately, design guidelines not matching how people play is a real problem.In specific, I'm talking about the 6-8 encounters per day.&nbsp; You can balance HP/HD attrition by making an encounter more difficult.&nbsp; However, that is only half the equation once you get into Tier 2 and higher.&nbsp; It does not address the resource management between classes.&nbsp; Basically, daily resources are a lot more efficient in fewer encounters.&nbsp; (I can provide exhaustive examples for this if you want.)&nbsp; What this means is that there's a lot more non-HP resources available in each encounter, increasing effect per action and making it feel &quot;easy&quot;. Also, having spare resource that you can draw on makes things feel easier. If you can rage every encounter, or rarely use cantrips and almost always have slots to cast, the perception is that things are easy.This isn't the table's fault, it's that the inter-class balance was designed with much higher encounters per day then how people actually play, and how many other editions assumed.&nbsp; It's a &quot;heavy dungeon-crawl&quot; level of encounters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 7950172, member: 20564"] 5e is "easy mode" when played the way most groups play it. 5e is not easy mode when played based on the design guidelines. Unfortunately, design guidelines not matching how people play is a real problem. In specific, I'm talking about the 6-8 encounters per day. You can balance HP/HD attrition by making an encounter more difficult. However, that is only half the equation once you get into Tier 2 and higher. It does not address the resource management between classes. Basically, daily resources are a lot more efficient in fewer encounters. (I can provide exhaustive examples for this if you want.) What this means is that there's a lot more non-HP resources available in each encounter, increasing effect per action and making it feel "easy". Also, having spare resource that you can draw on makes things feel easier. If you can rage every encounter, or rarely use cantrips and almost always have slots to cast, the perception is that things are easy. This isn't the table's fault, it's that the inter-class balance was designed with much higher encounters per day then how people actually play, and how many other editions assumed. It's a "heavy dungeon-crawl" level of encounters. [/QUOTE]

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