With a streamlined version of an already streamlined version of DnD?
I'm not so sure any content will be fully satisfying using that kind of ruleset. Imagine something like ToEE with a streamlined 5th Edition ruleset. Would it be great? Hmm….
But, we'll see.
"To make a system more efficient and effective by employing faster or simpler working methods."
I don't want to get into a semantics argument here, but streamlining is a good thing. Surely you don't want the game systems to be inefficient and ineffective?!
Every D&D game has made changes to the rules when adapted for a videogame. Nothing new here. Even how spells functioned between infinity engine games. Modenkainen's Sword was a summoned minion one game and the next it's a summoned weapon that hits full screen away, etc.
It's just game design. They don't make changes for no reason and they've made it clear they're making the most accurate representation of tabletop possible in a videogame. DM mode and everything.
It's really easy to understand some of the major changes such as spell cooldowns. Do you really want the flow of your game interrupted with a rest after every battle? I mean, whats the best way to handle resting, anyway? I've finished BG2 with a solo sorcerer and know only too well how easy it is to exploit. Is it
fun for a wizard to run out of spells and ask the party to rest
again. Plus theres obviously countless examples of cooldowns in RPG games, especially where multiplayer is concerned.
We we're talking about World of Warcraft yesterday and for all its failings it certainly did have fantastic classes which use cooldowns and they we're greatly inspired by D&D! You have paladins with Lay Hands, mages with Mirror Image, etc, etc.
