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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zustiur" data-source="post: 6569120" data-attributes="member: 1544">That's a very good question. I know for certain that I don't like the minion mechanics, even when damage thresholds are used. I never actually encountered solo - elite or elite - standard, so I can only extrapolate. I don't think it would suit me because it would still have the same flaw as minions, namely; the change in ease of killing them has nothing to do with the actual character getting more powerful and everything to do with the dm changing the monster while calling it the same name. I get the point of it. As a dm I'm all for it, but as a player it really feels like a let down. It's one of those mechanic to story disconnects. The characters in the story have become super powerful, but the monsters are the ones whose mechanics changed. The roles try to give the illusion of character advancement without actually advancing the characters. I wasn't able to believe the illusion, I saw through it from the start with minions and think that I'd see through it with other rank changes also. Thinking about it, I'd have been happier with some sort of multiplier effect where you deal extra damage to creatures of a much lower level while keeping those creatures with their original HP.</blockquote>