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<blockquote data-quote="CountPopeula" data-source="post: 4337039" data-attributes="member: 27250">Has anyone noticed that in these discussions of daily powers, the &quot;fixes&quot; are always something incredibly complicated? Like HERO complicated? I think that says a lot for the simplicity of 4e.I think part of the problem is as what was really the first rpg, D&amp;D never really had a niche in people's mind. The new direction is giving it a niche. That niche is somewhere close to Anima: Tactics, honestly.But it leaves people outside the scope of the game going &quot;Hey, what about me?&quot; Where if it were a different game, say GURPS or WoD (Which had much bigger problems with unhappiness with the edition change) or Anima, people would just say &quot;Well, I'll play something else.&quot; But everyone seems to think D&amp;D should be all things to all people.Where on the narritivist/simulationist/gamist scale do you see D&amp;D? Because I think the direction is more gamist, more in competition with Warmachine and Anima than with Vampire or HERO.If you remember way back to the launch of third edition, the company vision was that Chainmail would be the big item, and D&amp;D would be a support system for people who wanted a little more roleplaying with their miniature tactics game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CountPopeula, post: 4337039, member: 27250"] Has anyone noticed that in these discussions of daily powers, the "fixes" are always something incredibly complicated? Like HERO complicated? I think that says a lot for the simplicity of 4e. I think part of the problem is as what was really the first rpg, D&D never really had a niche in people's mind. The new direction is giving it a niche. That niche is somewhere close to Anima: Tactics, honestly. But it leaves people outside the scope of the game going "Hey, what about me?" Where if it were a different game, say GURPS or WoD (Which had much bigger problems with unhappiness with the edition change) or Anima, people would just say "Well, I'll play something else." But everyone seems to think D&D should be all things to all people. Where on the narritivist/simulationist/gamist scale do you see D&D? Because I think the direction is more gamist, more in competition with Warmachine and Anima than with Vampire or HERO. If you remember way back to the launch of third edition, the company vision was that Chainmail would be the big item, and D&D would be a support system for people who wanted a little more roleplaying with their miniature tactics game. [/QUOTE]

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