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I enjoyed the seperation of powers in different categories and the fast paced action in 4e. My healer never have to just stand around and wait to heal others.

I hadn’t played D&D since first edition AD&D back in the 1980s. The simplicity of the 4e rules combined with the wide range of options opens to players in terms of character creation brought me back into the fold.

As primarily a gm I really appreciate the effort the put into making the game easier to run. The monster statblocks are especially great as I don’t need to open 3 or 4 different books to read up on feats and spells.

I’m a huge fan of 4e because of the dynamic powers that emphasize teamwork between characters. Powers are often best used when considering the whole party and not just what one character can do. In previous editions this was simply not the case.

I love how simultaneously there’s piles of options to customize PCs but that they’re (mostly) meaningful choices; not just seventeen copies of the same basic image.

4E gave us simple encounter building, tactical combat with valuable roles for any character and minions. Lovely, lovely minions. D&Di support has been great too, character builder especially is now an integral step in your game.

Super easy to prep challenging encounters, giving me more time to work on the story. The framework is superflexible and with a few tweaks allows one to run a variety of games.

Before 4e, D&D looked completely impenetrable to me as a tabletop newbie. I read my friend’s 4e books when they came out, and three months later started running my own game, which is still going years later! It was so easy to pick up, and so much fun both to run and play. And no confirming crits!

First, because it allos maximum flavor and fluff for character actions… the fighter no longer will just “attack+hit”. Second, because characters are truly heroic even from level 1: hard to kill, and able to resist. Third, because of the balance provided among the character classes and its modular inception. And finally, just because. I mean, it’s D&D. New editions are just like new Lego sets on my hands.

I think 4E’s streamlined the game from the earlier versions. It’s a lot easier to focus on the story when you don’t have to concentrate on all of the different formulas for rolls.

The range of races and classes makes playing great. The set-up on how monsters, traps, adventures and adventurers fit into the world makes DMing great.

Having recently returned to the world of roleplaying I’ve found the 4E and especially Essentials have made the job of DMing much easier and enjoyable. The streamlining allows me to focus more on the storytelling and less on worrying about the mechanics needed for a given encounter.

4e as a DM is the easiest to scale in play. Monster are easily re-skinned. Skills are streamlined. Powers truly differentiate between class and within class. You can have two wizards or if need be two rogues and they are different.

I like the use of daily/encounter/at-will powers. I’ve always dreaded playing a martial character in D&D, since your options are essentially “hit hard” or “hit slightly differently but still hard.” Getting to choose exciting things to do in combat made me oh-so-very-happy.

How it is easier to run a game, as opposed to Shadowrun (my other DM experience): the prep goes smoother, the encounter are easily tailored to fit the need of the story, will adjustable to challenge the players.

I enjoy numerous customization options throughout many source books. Skill challenges also add a lot of variety and fun to the game when combined with combat encounters.

Like a lot of people have already said, 4e’s simplicity is key. It also allows you to focus as much on roleplaying as you want: either pure roll-playing hack-and-slash, or combat is there if and when you need it but right now we’re sitting around a camp fire in the Doomwoods telling each other ghost stories while we wait for our Dwarven spy contact to approach. Versatility is its key strength.

I like how easy it is to balance combats in 4e. I can easily tell how difficult an encounter is going to be (except for solos).

i like the different powers/abilities for PCs. it means that everyone has something they can do every turn instead of just “hit it/stab it”, and there’s always emergency powers to fall back on. also, dragon born. i love scalies.

I enjoy the fact that I can feel more relaxed as a DM. I am not so caught up in the rules that I’m too unsure to tell my story. I feel more freedom to build a world.

4e is a great mix of old school role-playing and tactical combat. The 4e system lets me get my fill of satisfying combats that makes my groups work together while sacrificing nothing from the story.

As it’s been said about, running 4e on the fly is much easier than other editions. Also, by defining each class into distinct roles, it facilitates party balance. My favorite thing, however, is the ease with which I, as the DM, can reskin anything into anything else, so I can always have exactly the right item, creature, or power for the situation.

I’ve been playing D&D for almost three decades now and 4E is the rules set I like most. It just feels like D&D. I think it has the best balance of combat mechanics, role playing potential, iconic settings, character customization, and fun factor. Now go play Encounters Wednesdays!

I did not yet play 4E, so maybe I am not concerned, but wanted to get some info about the Facebook game. This sounds so cool! Do you know when it will be open to public?

I’ve tried OD&D, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 3.5, and 4e, along with countless other RPG systems.
The streamlined rules, the deeply tactical combat, the feeling, the intuitive way 4e works were a blast.
Fun to play, easy to DM, quick to grasp – I believe it’s a fantastic game, well suited for both novice and veteran players!

4E Essentials has been my introduction into the world of roleplaying and I’ve been having a blast! I love the stronger emphasis on the use of maps and tokens or miniatures than in prior versions from what I’ve been told. It really helps bring the game alive for me.

I like the breakout into roles, which allows a nice party composition and allows each player to play what (and how they want). The tactical nature of combat requires teamwork and penalizes lack of cooperation. It’s also easier to balance encounters, especially create hard ones, where the players barely survive (but no TPK).

4E’s great because it allows everyone to have that moment where they feel like the hero. It’s quick and easy to DM and makes a great introduction to Tabletop RPGs.

D&d 4E is fast-paced and has character subtypes that allow players to excel on their roles and compliment other players’ abilities.

Oh, and I like it because it was really easy to pick-up, especially now that I’m playing Essentials. I tried looking at the original Warlock and there were just too many choices. Essentials should be renamed to D&DfD: Dungeons and Dragons for Dummies!

I love the ease at which new players can be introduced to dnd. I also enjoy all of the neat and organized resources available for 4th edition.

I love how easy it is to heal with surges. No longer do you need to hide in a corner of a dungeon for a few days.

I like 4e because it’s simple enough (few initial rulebooks) to get started without a huge investment, but deep enough that you can still customize your character however you want over their lifetime.

Compared to 3e, 4e is sooooo much cooler!
I remember fighters and rangers in 3e: whack, whack, whack; next round: whack, whack, whack; OK, it’s dead, Jim – another enemy: whack, whack whack.
Now everyone is allowed to shine and to have cool powers – a *huge* improvement IMHO!

1) Equal division of labor in the party = everybody has to work together to have fun.
2) Everybody always has something to contribute, all the time.
3) Skill challenges offering structure and risk/reward for non-combat scenes.

After a long break for over 12 years I rediscovered the roleplaying hobby with the easy and appealing 4th Edition of D&D three years ago. I am ver happy playing roleplaying games and D&D again.

I like D & D, because it is the first role-playing game. I liked Neverwinter Nights because it is accompanied by editor Aurora. Now I’m curious version of the FB.

What sets Dungeons & Dragons 4E apart as a great game is codifying the party roles. The party roles have always existed in both previous editions of D&D and in other games, but 4E is the first to recognize and encourage them. The great thing is, though, that you can still have an effective party even when missing one or more roles or when characters blur the lines between roles.

The variety available even to a level 1 character in 4e is a big plus. I like the fact that every new level gained brings more than just a few hit points.

The thing that makes 4e amazing to me is the balance. It doesn’t matter who you are in the party (or even being behind the screen), everyone gets a chance to stand in the spotlight and be awesome.

I like the fact that 4E shares the spotlight equally with all players. Every class has a balanced selection of powers and a definite role.

As a DM a can see the great game that D&D 4 Ed. is. My players enjoy sense cresting their adventurers to playing and growing during the encounters. Also all the suppplemts avaible gives an amazing collection of tools for players and DMs.

Type IV D&D makes for great strategic combat. It might slouch in other areas like roleplaying and character immersion, but damn is combat fun for every single class. For once, being a Bard or a Cleric can feel awesome.

Also, watch the video below to see an example of why it’s good.

Quiet simply I like the balance of the game. Everybody has their role and has the chance to shine. As a DM I don’t need to worry so much about whether or not someone is going to be left out for most of the encounters I make. It frees up my time to work on other parts of my game.

4E feels more tactical than previous editions, with an emphasis on movement around the game board. I also like that they make explicit the four distinct character roles of defender, striker, controller, and leader.

As a new player who has never really played any table-top rpg type games I’ve loved how straight-forward and accessible D&D 4E has been with the Encounters on Wednesday nights.

I started playing in 4ed and it was a marvelous discovery. So many options and a great combat system, it gave me countless hours of fun with my friends.

What has made 4e so enjoyable for me are the Essentials books. They were a great way to bring in new people to 4e since they made things much easier for those just coming in and they’re priced rather nicely compared to their hardcover brethren. They’ve allowed me to get a few of my friends that were reluctant to play because they thought things would be overly complicated to give the game a try and for them to enjoy it without being overwhelmed.

4E is the first ed I’ve ever played and the combat simplicity made picking it up a breeze while still having plenty of depth to the character builds to make it its own rabbit hole of consideration.

I love DnD 4ed because it tried to streamline things, while still giving lots of interesting choices. And because you don’t have to plan out L30 from L1. =)