So BESM 4th pdfs dropped a week ago, and I know that its the holidays and everything, but I was wondering what anyone else who has read it thought.

For me it is a lot of one step forward one step back.

The introduction of edges and obstacles help certain things feel more impactful then just large bonuses, but take aways from the simplicity of just adding a couple modifiers.

Giving a lot of attributes more defined levels lets them be more clear (mind control being particularly enhanced this way) but they eliminated the fast/med/slow uniform progressions, and a few of them still are applied with it.

The increasing total level needed for enhancements makes it feel more costly for getting them, but still lets you upgrade, but the limiters feels easily exploitable for insane extra power.

Support in terms of companions, items, and vehicles is great.

Reducing the cost for a stat to basically as low as it can go (when it was already one of the more efficient uses of points) not so much.