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With Respect to the Door and Expectations....The REAL Reason 5e Can't Unite the Base
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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6018712" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>Knowing your standards helps. Consider that others have a much lower tolerance of (or enthusiasm for) imbalances. </p><p></p><p>In this particular case - we started with the 5MWD - edition isn't even an isssue. All editions of D&D have 'daily' powers that the PCs can re-charge by choosing to 'rest,' whether for 6 or 8 hours or until a 24-hr re-set point. Perhaps 3e suffers the most egregiously from class imbalances exacerbated by the 5MWD, but the phenomenon is present in all eds.</p><p></p><p>And, again, the entire game doesn't need to be broken for it to be improved by fixing the the bits that /are/ broken. </p><p></p><p>Finally, accusations of edition warring are, likewise, non-productive. It would be as easy to say that you are edition-warring in a vigorous defense of 3e by denying that RPGs can be broken by imbalance, as it is for your to say that daring to recognize obvious failings in 3e (in the vain hope that 5e might not make the same mistakes) is edition warring. </p><p></p><p>The kernel of that "you're edition warring!" argument boils down to "dis-unity is bad, and I'm not going to compromise, therefor you are morally obligated to agree with me!" </p><p></p><p>I suppose it's all on-topic, though, as these irreconcilable differences further illustrate the impossibility of 5e's re-unification goal. :shrug:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 6018712, member: 996"] Knowing your standards helps. Consider that others have a much lower tolerance of (or enthusiasm for) imbalances. In this particular case - we started with the 5MWD - edition isn't even an isssue. All editions of D&D have 'daily' powers that the PCs can re-charge by choosing to 'rest,' whether for 6 or 8 hours or until a 24-hr re-set point. Perhaps 3e suffers the most egregiously from class imbalances exacerbated by the 5MWD, but the phenomenon is present in all eds. And, again, the entire game doesn't need to be broken for it to be improved by fixing the the bits that /are/ broken. Finally, accusations of edition warring are, likewise, non-productive. It would be as easy to say that you are edition-warring in a vigorous defense of 3e by denying that RPGs can be broken by imbalance, as it is for your to say that daring to recognize obvious failings in 3e (in the vain hope that 5e might not make the same mistakes) is edition warring. The kernel of that "you're edition warring!" argument boils down to "dis-unity is bad, and I'm not going to compromise, therefor you are morally obligated to agree with me!" I suppose it's all on-topic, though, as these irreconcilable differences further illustrate the impossibility of 5e's re-unification goal. :shrug: [/QUOTE]
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