delericho
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I think though, that many people in the gaming community see the writing on the wall, and it indicates that things will be moving in a more backward direction come Next Edition, whenever that is.
Not necessarily. The skill system Mearls outlined a few weeks ago was from Monte, and it was very different from the 3e system.
My guess would be that 5e won't be a step backwards towards 3e (except perhaps in style), nor an evolution of the ideas of 4e. My guess would be that it is again something really quite different.
I poked around the net a little to see if I could find anything on Monte's thoughts on 4e(pre-return to WotC, natch), but while I found a lot of talking about Monte not liking 4e, the only thing I could find that he has actually said was a bit on his blog where he mentioned not liking the license, as a publisher.
I'm not aware of anything about 4e. He is on record as being very critical of 3.5e, though.