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<blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 5060469" data-attributes="member: 66434">IMHO swingy combat means more danger and excitement. There is nothing worse than being at the mid point of a combat and realizing it as such. &nbsp;If a fight feels like it has a defined beginning, middle, and end then it is predictable and thus less exciting. The excitement from a fast paced combat knowing that&nbsp; at any given moment it might end for better or worse is more satisfying. For related reasons it is why I find round by round initiative more exciting than turn based. Turn based initiative makes me feel like I just took a number in line at the post office. I can see who is ahead of me and behind me in line and we all wait patiently to act in our appointed turn. Yawn. &nbsp;Swingy is chaos and confusion, uncertainty and excitement. The bloodied condition brings the explicit definition of the halfway point that much more to the forefront. &nbsp;I don't mind the occasional battle being over in the blink of an eye due to either good/poor planning, luck, or a combination of both. I don't feature combat in my game as a time filler. Combat is the means to an end and a short exciting combat feels more satisfying than one drawn out expressly for the purpose of everyone getting to flex and show off cool moves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ExploderWizard, post: 5060469, member: 66434"] IMHO swingy combat means more danger and excitement. There is nothing worse than being at the mid point of a combat and realizing it as such. If a fight feels like it has a defined beginning, middle, and end then it is predictable and thus less exciting. The excitement from a fast paced combat knowing that at any given moment it might end for better or worse is more satisfying. For related reasons it is why I find round by round initiative more exciting than turn based. Turn based initiative makes me feel like I just took a number in line at the post office. I can see who is ahead of me and behind me in line and we all wait patiently to act in our appointed turn. Yawn. Swingy is chaos and confusion, uncertainty and excitement. The bloodied condition brings the explicit definition of the halfway point that much more to the forefront. I don't mind the occasional battle being over in the blink of an eye due to either good/poor planning, luck, or a combination of both. I don't feature combat in my game as a time filler. Combat is the means to an end and a short exciting combat feels more satisfying than one drawn out expressly for the purpose of everyone getting to flex and show off cool moves. [/QUOTE]

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