Originally Posted by
Goober4473
I always hated in 3.x when I threw a group of monster at the party, and they all died in a couple rounds. In 4th Edition, a level 1 non-minion goblin actually has a chance to do something interesting, and a group of them can actually be a fun encounter, inctead of a couple rounds of the monsters dealing tons of damage and then dying, or even worse, the monsters doing nothing and then dying.
If a fight lasts 5-10 rounds, there's enough time for it to be good, and memorable, instead of blowing the crap out of your enemies and moving on.