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<blockquote data-quote="jenskot" data-source="post: 4785761" data-attributes="member: 24618">When you play a session of 4e, what is it like?In a session:-What level are you?-How long do you play for?-How many combats do you play?-How long do they take?-How many players do you play with?-How long do you roelplay for outside of combat?-Does it sometimes feel like playing a boardgame?-Do you change any of the rules?Why I ask:We've been playing around 9 months. We're 8th level. Combat is fun but with 5 players, even using power cards, seems to take around an hour per combat. It seems when we play 1 combat, it's way too easy. We have so many healing surges and all our dailies. But when we play 3 combats, 4e seems to really shine with action points, milestones, dailies and by the 3rd encounter things feel really dramatic like they can go either way. But with a 4 hour session, that leaves very little room for roleplaying. Additionally, with the tactics so focused on teamwork (which I think is very cool) there is a pressure not to mess around. It might be funny to act in character and do something dramatic but non-tactical but if that means screwing up what the team is trying to do, it feels like you are hurting everyone.We've thought about many ways to hack the game to make combats run faster and have it be fun with only 1-2 combats. Cut Monster hit points down, up their damage, lower PC healing surges and so on. But before messing with the rules, I wanted to see what playing 4e was like for all of you, especially if you are playing 4e without hacks. Thanks everyone!-John</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jenskot, post: 4785761, member: 24618"] When you play a session of 4e, what is it like? In a session: -What level are you? -How long do you play for? -How many combats do you play? -How long do they take? -How many players do you play with? -How long do you roelplay for outside of combat? -Does it sometimes feel like playing a boardgame? -Do you change any of the rules? Why I ask: We've been playing around 9 months. We're 8th level. Combat is fun but with 5 players, even using power cards, seems to take around an hour per combat. It seems when we play 1 combat, it's way too easy. We have so many healing surges and all our dailies. But when we play 3 combats, 4e seems to really shine with action points, milestones, dailies and by the 3rd encounter things feel really dramatic like they can go either way. But with a 4 hour session, that leaves very little room for roleplaying. Additionally, with the tactics so focused on teamwork (which I think is very cool) there is a pressure not to mess around. It might be funny to act in character and do something dramatic but non-tactical but if that means screwing up what the team is trying to do, it feels like you are hurting everyone. We've thought about many ways to hack the game to make combats run faster and have it be fun with only 1-2 combats. Cut Monster hit points down, up their damage, lower PC healing surges and so on. But before messing with the rules, I wanted to see what playing 4e was like for all of you, especially if you are playing 4e without hacks. Thanks everyone! -John [/QUOTE]

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