When Do the 5E “Ride or Die” Folks Become Grogs Like The Rest of Us in “D&D Older Editions” And When Do We Get D&D 5E Flair for Posts?

[Joshua Randall]

I don’t see a lot of outrage. Not even a lot of folks “put out”.

Some are really mad, sure, some are “meh, not for me” of one flavor or another. Some are just avoiding WotC. But I wouldn’t say there is an edition conflict.

Because ENW has done a much better job of moderating haters over the last decade, than it did when 4e was getting shat on all day every day.

 

[SteveC]

Because ENW has done a much better job of moderating haters over the last decade, than it did when 4e was getting shat on all day every day.

Honestly the 4E stuff goes on to this day. I just added some folks to my ignore list because I didn't want to fight about an edition that's long out of print.

I really do think that 5E has been received much nicer, though. There are people who hate it, like any edition, but the design managed to keep the people who are edition warriors a bit more neutral. Maybe it's a combination of us old hands being just older and all the new people who have never experienced anything else. With a huge amount of non-controversial design choices of course.

 

[Joshua Randall]

non-controversial design choices of course.

I believe “non-controversial design choices” was Mike Mearls’s design remit for 5e.

Well, that and destroying 4e.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I opted to not play or run 4E, but that was 17 years ago. If I had opted to make a kid instead of 4E campaign, that kid would be a senior in high school now.

 

[Umbran]

Because ENW has done a much better job of moderating haters over the last decade, than it did when 4e was getting shat on all day every day.

Mod Note:
We learned. And we try.

Now, please note how much hate you are putting forth, and maybe rethink that before we have to apply the improvement here. Thanks.

 

[PHATsakk43]

In a thread about 5E players becoming grogs, we end up with a mod warning about 4E flame wars.

Truly something to be said there.

 

[darjr]

Like I said, an edition (revision?) war just doesn’t seem in the cards for 5e.

 

[Distracted DM]

Like I said, an edition (revision?) war just doesn’t seem in the cards for 5e.

Yeah, I always remember edition wars being between full editions, not revised/.5/compatible editions like 3e and 3.5, or 4e and Essentials, or 5e and 5e Revised/.5/24

 

[UngainlyTitan]

People who move on mean that many fewer players playing the game one prefers. I can understand being bummed about that.

I can also but if one has an active group already (or can build one up), does it really matter what the global trend is?

 

[Corinnguard]

I can also but if one has an active group already (or can build one up), does it really matter what the global trend is?

I don't think it matters what the current global trend is thanks to the internet and its' various search engines. If you know where to look on the net, you can find and join an RPG group that is playing any edition of D&D.