I actually did come from 2E (although more Skills and Powers - which is like 2.5 tbh) as I never went to 3rd Edition - being a gamer from the eighties by the time 3rd edition arrived I had established players and almost all the AD&D system - including all the realms and core books for realms -...
DM'd two sessions last week for the D&D day and found both of them to be quite fun. Players seem to have fun - though the patriarchs of 1st Edition play (we are all old) had many gripes and once again we wandered down forgotten game sheds...but overall it was quick to pick up and play.
Going to...