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<blockquote data-quote="resistor" data-source="post: 4835968" data-attributes="member: 9142">I think you're missing the forest for the trees.I've already offered two major ways in which 4e powers are much more like MMO cooldown than anything prior was (all classes are based on them, and their are different tiers of cooldown form an integral part of the tactics).Your response is &quot;But the exact scale of the cooldowns is different!&quot;Bologne.You still have spam powers (at-wills), periodic powers (encounters), and rare powers (dailies).&nbsp; The details are, of course, different, though I think a lot of that is because of differences of the format:1)&nbsp; Most MMOs run in real-time, so having powers that take a day to recharge would be impractical for all but the most extremely powerful powers, since you'd have to wait a day of real time between uses.2) MMOs can also offer much greater granularity of cooldown times, since the computer is tracking it.&nbsp; Though, IMO, powers continue to fall, generally, into a fast, medium, and slow breakdown.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="resistor, post: 4835968, member: 9142"] I think you're missing the forest for the trees. I've already offered two major ways in which 4e powers are much more like MMO cooldown than anything prior was (all classes are based on them, and their are different tiers of cooldown form an integral part of the tactics). Your response is "But the exact scale of the cooldowns is different!" Bologne. You still have spam powers (at-wills), periodic powers (encounters), and rare powers (dailies). The details are, of course, different, though I think a lot of that is because of differences of the format: 1) Most MMOs run in real-time, so having powers that take a day to recharge would be impractical for all but the most extremely powerful powers, since you'd have to wait a day of real time between uses. 2) MMOs can also offer much greater granularity of cooldown times, since the computer is tracking it. Though, IMO, powers continue to fall, generally, into a fast, medium, and slow breakdown. [/QUOTE]

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