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<blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 5173415" data-attributes="member: 59057"><p>I can clearly see your point. And you are right in a certain way. but let me explain:</p><p></p><p></p><p>3.0 -> 3.5 </p><p></p><p>3.5 broke many bonds with ADnD 2nd edition which carried over to 3.0. Those made sense and made sense within the context of the D20 game. </p><p>To retain backwards compatibility some changes even didn´t went far enough.</p><p></p><p>Yes, using 3.0 material in 3.5 could be problematic, but with an experienced group, who didn´t abuse everything, no problem. </p><p>(I started an ADnD adventure with 3.0 rules and we switched to 3.5 in the middle and it all worked perfectly.)</p><p></p><p>Here we come back to 4th edition: The game is perfectly playable without any update and most rule updates are only needed if there is an unexperienced GM who has to deal with a rules lawyer. An experienced GM knows when to say: YES, but most importantly NO. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>When you look at those changes, you see many suggestions from players in this forum. Calling it "milking money" is not very polite.</p><p></p><p>There are people who spend a good part of their work time to improve the game experience. I bet some of them even in their free time... someone has to pay them to make sure they can continue their work.</p><p></p><p>Also you should keep in mind, that WOTC already doesn´t update everything that needs fixing, because if it is underpowered it doesn´t do a lot of harm to the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UngeheuerLich, post: 5173415, member: 59057"] I can clearly see your point. And you are right in a certain way. but let me explain: 3.0 -> 3.5 3.5 broke many bonds with ADnD 2nd edition which carried over to 3.0. Those made sense and made sense within the context of the D20 game. To retain backwards compatibility some changes even didn´t went far enough. Yes, using 3.0 material in 3.5 could be problematic, but with an experienced group, who didn´t abuse everything, no problem. (I started an ADnD adventure with 3.0 rules and we switched to 3.5 in the middle and it all worked perfectly.) Here we come back to 4th edition: The game is perfectly playable without any update and most rule updates are only needed if there is an unexperienced GM who has to deal with a rules lawyer. An experienced GM knows when to say: YES, but most importantly NO. ;) When you look at those changes, you see many suggestions from players in this forum. Calling it "milking money" is not very polite. There are people who spend a good part of their work time to improve the game experience. I bet some of them even in their free time... someone has to pay them to make sure they can continue their work. Also you should keep in mind, that WOTC already doesn´t update everything that needs fixing, because if it is underpowered it doesn´t do a lot of harm to the game. [/QUOTE]
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