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<blockquote data-quote="JRRNeiklot" data-source="post: 4286409" data-attributes="member: 717">Every dm is a game designer.&nbsp; The combat styles are just stupid, period.&nbsp; No other class gets shoehorned into a combat style, why the ranger?&nbsp; A ranger (or any other class ) should pick his feats like any other and fight however the hell he pleases.&nbsp; TWf is a legacy from 2e that should go away.&nbsp; Being good at woodcraft does not make one suddenly good at twf or archery or tiddleywinks.&nbsp; Combat paths are bad design, and it doesn't take a game designer to figure that out.&nbsp; The suggestion on the boards is always add a sword and board style and a skirmish style and a two handed cleave style and a spoon and fork style, when a much simpler mechanic would be to just remove the damned combat paths altogether.&nbsp; There's been&nbsp; quite a few people to suggest that, but I guess Paizo is afraid to scrap it and annoy their 4e overlords.I know it sounds like I complain a lot, but it's only because I desperately want Pathfinder to be a game I can play without scrapping half the system.&nbsp; Sadly, that doesn't appear to be the case.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JRRNeiklot, post: 4286409, member: 717"] Every dm is a game designer. The combat styles are just stupid, period. No other class gets shoehorned into a combat style, why the ranger? A ranger (or any other class ) should pick his feats like any other and fight however the hell he pleases. TWf is a legacy from 2e that should go away. Being good at woodcraft does not make one suddenly good at twf or archery or tiddleywinks. Combat paths are bad design, and it doesn't take a game designer to figure that out. The suggestion on the boards is always add a sword and board style and a skirmish style and a two handed cleave style and a spoon and fork style, when a much simpler mechanic would be to just remove the damned combat paths altogether. There's been quite a few people to suggest that, but I guess Paizo is afraid to scrap it and annoy their 4e overlords. I know it sounds like I complain a lot, but it's only because I desperately want Pathfinder to be a game I can play without scrapping half the system. Sadly, that doesn't appear to be the case. [/QUOTE]

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