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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ki11erDM" data-source="post: 4319405" data-attributes="member: 58179">I can always ask for more... and I am sure they will give us more with new books hehe.  After all WoTC is an American company owned by stockholders.Back to the OP question/comments.I am happy with 4e.  I VERY much enjoyed my first session as a player and the DM side is shaping up nicely as well.  That’s not to say I don’t have complaints, because I sure do, but I have less completes about 4e than I did with 3.x.  3.x gave the illusion of simulation but after banging on that system for 8 years it was obvious to me it needed a massive over hall, and that’s what we got.Also… I honestly have no clue how in the world people can say this edition is ‘more combat oriented’.  I really just don’t get it at all.  The whole point to every addition was to provide mechanics to resolver combat and character progression, almost everything else was left to the DM.  Sure there are a few things here and there in those old books that delta with none combat situation but all that is still in 4e and I personally think it has been amplified.But I do understand why someone would think 4e combat is not ‘D&D.’ 4e combat is action oriented with light weight rules and all the classes have cool things to do all the time and that is a huge change over the past.  Heck I think my wife would even enjoy playing again as she gave up because every combat took hours and hours because of the constant rules referencing and adjudication.  But I guess some people prefer that over rolling dice or role-playing.  *shrug*</blockquote>

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