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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5806664" data-attributes="member: 2011">I think option paralysis rarely happened in 1E and 2E. A given player might be new at the game and have an issue, but humans are humans. The other 4 or 5 players / DM there would chime in with a bunch of options until that player got comfortable enough to do it on his or her own.The real issue between 1E style and 4E style is that in 1E, it was open-ended because there were fewer rules and no concept of powers. In 4E, the game system does allow for open-ended attacks somewhat, but that's not what happens in practice a lot. Instead, players spam powers.I never see anyone in 4E that doesn't have a knock prone power try to trip anyone anymore. Or, grab their weapon (this is even discouraged in the rules). There is a little bit in the movement actions (I swing from the chandelier), but very little open-ended truly imaginative unique attacks done often in the actual attack standard actions.Granted, there are probably some groups out there that play 4E like 1E, but I have been in a lot of different campaigns with a lot of different people, and have read quite a few story hours and I just don't often see it. I see power spamming.</blockquote>