DMSamuel
United States
Ithaca
New York
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Jux_ wrote:
Everyone else think the same.
Well, not quite everyone. There are 7+ Billion people on the planet now, and I'm sure some of them have never thought of 4e DnD in any deep capacity 
I actually like it. It is the easiest system to DM of any of them. Yes, it has its flaws (and don't they all) but it has its stellar things, too. I've been playing since 1st ed and I have different feelings about all of them and I get that some people won't like specific editions, and that is okay with me.
The criticism that I can't stand is when people say that it's a minis tactical game with no role-playing. The role-playing is what you make of it - if you play it as a minis game, then it will be a minis game. I don't DM mine as a minis game, so it isn't. More on this here: 4egaming blog.
In terms of it being too much like an MMORPG, well, how does a company bring new customers into the fold and convince them that their product is worth buying? It does that by creating something that appeals to users of similar products on different platforms. The changes to DnD that made it 4e have probably done more to add new players to the RPG industry than any other edition.
