> I'm reminded of Guardians of Order's Role-Playing Game Manifesto....
one
> of the items:
> "Min/maxing and munchkinism aren't problems with the game; they're
> problems with the player."
>
> No matter what game system, there is a way to break it if you are
> determined enough. Personally, I'd rather spend my energy enjoying a
game's strong
> points than wasting that energy looking for its weaknesses.
My problem wasn't so much with the Min/Maxing in 4e as much as with I just
don't think that it is balanced. Normally I don't care about game balance
but I kind of feel that in 4e it's a little out of hand.
What I mean by this is that if you give all of the characters 300 points, in
my experience, you aren't going to get characters that are even close to the
same power levels. Some will be way overpowered; some will be very under
powered. Just look at the examples in the 4e core books. Those are some of
the most worthless high point characters I've ever seen. While I understand
that it's a GM's job to keep things balanced, I feel that it is a lot harder
to do in 4e and basically it just isn't worth the effort.
In a nutshell my problem with 4e is this: I don't see any improvement over
3e and in fact I think 3e does just about everything better. I think GURPS
3e is the best system out there. I would have much rather seen 4e just clean
it up a bit and make some of the optional rules standard (like switching ST
and HT) rather then change the entire character creation system.
I loved 3e (and still do) because I always felt that I could give a group of
players 150 points and they would all come up with the characters that they
wanted that were believable and ,even if munchkined, balanced. 4e doesn't
even come close.
I guess I shouldn't complain though. Since 4e came out I've been able to get
all of my 3e books dirt cheap. :-) I DO like a lot of the things that
they've put into 4e. Many of the new spells are very cool. I like some of
the changes that they've made to combat. (I'm glad that they got rid of
chambara, which I never used and included some options to get past high
defenses). I really like the new Infinity setting and am currently running
an Infinity game right now.
"I didn't spend all those years playing D&D and not learn a little something
about courage."
-Some Dork, The X-Files
Erik Holmes
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