Eric Benson wrote:
From: "Jeff Pawlowski" <blackeagleblackeagle@yahoo.com>I think I find the system to be impressive in its fast realism play. I mean, how many times in D&D (I've played 1st & 2nd, but have different tastes in systems these days) and Palladium (played it, loved, but again...) and those other systems did we have players who sat there and said, "I'll shoot the guy over the hostage's shoulder" and then only needed to roll an abstract number. While here we have overlays and templates and (GASP!) the ability to make a crowd scene with photocopies of the body maps to really mix it up... to make them think about what will happen if they miss. To create a real challenge for both the thinkers and the goons. Then you throw in the threat that no matter how good a player gets, he can still be taken out by a punk with a gun, or a stolen computer on the 'net. I liked it because it promoted role playing, not blasting things that stumbled into the path of PCs. As mentioned before, the combat with its shades of grey, while it endears itself to me, most likely intimidates many. But alas, there are those who have different preferences to ourselves.
> I think this is indicative of the frustrations
> everyone feels about Millennium's End and Hero Games'
> inability to support the game.Inability or unwillingness?
I guess the question that comes to mind is why do people like Millennium's
End or why have the stuck with the system. There is a group who has
continued to play and have interest in the system despite the lack of
company support.So why have we supported it? What are the elements of the game that we
liked - and would want to see preserved in some form?-Eric
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I think the greatest tragedy is the fact that the community has refined the rules, set up conditions for opposing skill attempts and the like, only to see it sit on the shelf, with nobody but us to see what an outstanding system it is. In my humble opinion, the system we have grown here is better than (Prepare for the flames, Shawn) that of D&D 3e. The problem is, they have better artists and marketers than we could ever hope for. I mean, this baby took on a life of its own. She evolved, faster and smoother than just about every system I have ever played, in my opinion. In summary I believe; those who have evolved the game, building house rules which have been adopted by many, did a better job of it (for no reward other than the work itself) than those who work on games professionally have done with massive resource.
There, tirade over.
S.
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