WOW and MMOs due to their once insane popularity have introduced a lot of annoying stuff into single player RPGs... at least that's where I first saw them. Like cooldown abilities you need to monitor and reactivate over and over, fighter type classes having an arsenal about equal as that of spellcasters (and basically casting non-spells left and right), ...
Originally Posted by JPCoutelier
Being a level 1 mage in the original Baldur's Gate was quite challenging; you've got your one magic missile and then when that's gone you have to fall back on a staff or dagger your character has no skill in until you rest. At least now there are cantrips so a magic user is never totally without magic.
