Hey, you guys can love and have fun with silly. D&D sales are doing great so whatever it takes to keep D&D going works for me. Just saying it's taken a serious turn.
D&D is going down a path my group and I just don't care for. Way too silly and safe. Not the end of the world because we just play it like we want and don't buy or use most of the new stuff. If you're reading this saying "what silly stuff" then you haven't been playing D&D very long. I have...
My group said if 5.5/6E is neck and neck with Level Up and it comes down to a tough decision, we will go with D&D just due to the name "Level Up". Horrible name for a fantasy RPG.
No words and theme are easy enough to ignore and change. It's trying to change the game mechanics that I don't like. It starts with words then slippery slopes to rule changes.
Race is actually the proper English word, not ancestry or folks.
Our group stuck with D&D 5e vs the new PF2 because we play to escape reality, not to have social justice warriors screwing with the game system.
So much for ever seeing Darksun for 5e.
There's a Kickstarter where the guy takes out all the spells that are almost never picked and converts D&D to 12 levels. Great idea on my opinion. My group of over 40 years has never gone past 12th level in our campaigns.