Quote Originally Posted by Telok View Post
AD&D casting times, usually additional segments (initative points) per spell level. Also reference weapons speeds where smaller weapons are faster to use and a complete lack of things like concentration rolls. All limitations abandoned as "un-fun", leading eventually to our current paradigm of always magic all the time and denying martials fun stuff.

That was what, 45 years ago?
TBF, magic-user and cleric casting times were intended to be unfun because Gary didn't like that some people wanted to play something other than Conan.