foolishvictor

Maybe I'm a bit nuts but I like the examples in the margins.  It is not the cleanest look but the examples illustrate what is being described in the rules.  Clearly everyone has different preferences.
 
 
I agree completely.  My only problem with it is the "Complete" in "Champions Complete."  If it was "complete" there would be less of need for examples imho.  just my 2 cents...

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foolishvictor

I feel there's got to be a happy medium between the minimalist approach of the Complete books and the material bloat of 6e1/6e2. The 4e HSR hit that happy medium, IMO, but it didn't have quite as many advanced rules/mechanics as 6e, and could adequately describe itself in 260 pages. It would probably take around 400 pages to stuff all the cruft of "core" 6e into a single, well-presented volume, but that's better in my view than what we have now, which is either too little or too much.

I would agree with the posts above.  Champions complete has everything you need however I find it a bit lacking in terms of the examples of powers that are in the 6e rule book margins.  The "Champions Powers" book gives a lot of great examples for powers.  So I agree completely with Kimmitt's post above.
 
That said, sometimes my self control is lacking and I end up buying more books.  Some other books that are quite good for examples are: the Villian Teams book and the 6e Grimoire.