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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8721719" data-attributes="member: 6877472">What always bothers me is when one side is dismissive, or makes claims that aren't true.&nbsp; And when you step in to clear the air, you get personally attacked for it.Examples:&quot;3rd edition was a horrible mess because of Pun-Pun.&quot;(Actually, Pun-Pun was a funny thought experiment about what would happen if all books were legal and you replaced the DM with a machine...a broken machine).&quot;4th edition was just an MMO and all the classes were the same.&quot;(Most classes already had roles, it was just now that design was built around those roles, giving each class a job.&nbsp; And while there were some similar seeming powers initially, it didn't take long for each class to gain a unique identity- my Ranger could attack three times, with each successful attack giving an opponent more debuffs once per day.&nbsp; My Barbarian could give up a healing surge to dish out a huge attack.&nbsp; And my Warlord could tell all his allies to stop bleeding out and stand the hell up).Now some might say, there's no reason to engage with these people, but I dislike misinformation- especially since a lot of people will read something erroneous and then continue to parrot it as if it were undeniable fact.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8721719, member: 6877472"] What always bothers me is when one side is dismissive, or makes claims that aren't true. And when you step in to clear the air, you get personally attacked for it. Examples: "3rd edition was a horrible mess because of Pun-Pun." (Actually, Pun-Pun was a funny [I]thought experiment[/I] about what would happen if all books were legal and you replaced the DM with a machine...a [I]broken[/I] machine). "4th edition was just an MMO and all the classes were the same." (Most classes already had roles, it was just now that design was built around those roles, giving each class a job. And while there were some similar seeming powers initially, it didn't take long for each class to gain a unique identity- my Ranger could attack three times, with each successful attack giving an opponent more debuffs once per day. My Barbarian could give up a healing surge to dish out a huge attack. And my Warlord could tell all his allies to stop bleeding out and stand the hell up). Now some might say, there's no reason to engage with these people, but I dislike misinformation- especially since a lot of people will read something erroneous and then continue to parrot it as if it were undeniable fact. [/QUOTE]

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