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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9614551" data-attributes="member: 7035894">For my games, yes, if we are talking specifically about combat. There are more moving parts in combat, specifically, which I tend to find the least fun part of the games.I think the new rules are designed to appeal to players who are more into the gaming side of RPGs. My games at school are mostly new players, and we have to have short sessions, so the priority is just getting the basics down and giving them an opportunity to role-play. My games at home have players who love role-playing but most couldn't give a fig about rules and mechanics.They are very fun to play with outside of combat, and even in combat in the sense that they often come up with creative ideas, but their turns take forever. So anything that adds more complications tends to add a lot of drag to the game, when typically the most entertaining parts of the evening are when they are interacting, figuring out clues, etc.I'm coming to strongly dislike weapon masteries. Partially because the game is very unbalanced now at low levels, which is where most of my games are played, but mostly because, for whatever reason, my players really struggle to wrap their head around them.I suspect combat with the new rules is much more fun for min-maxxers and more game-ist players, though, so take my perspective for what it's worth. Or if all my players knew the rules like I do, there wouldn't be much of an issue, but that never happens.I'm curious as to how many folks play in campaigns where most or all of the players know the rules really well. I haven't since I was a teenager. I'd love to have that experience again!</blockquote>

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