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The solution to standardized stat distributions is 3d6 down the line.

oneD&D is effectively a Patch for 5th ed. Sometimes, you favorite character in a patch gets nerfed. This is a good thing actually and it really doesn't matter if it makes you feel bad. The game is in a healthier spot with paladins being specifically weakened. The quality of the game is more...

Sounds like the 8 Con wizard in this scenario should play as carefully as possible. It's not a nightmare for me as the DM if someone's character gets killed.

D&D 3rd edition, specifically. Furthermore - ad&d and classic d&d becoming unavailable and supplanted by it in distribution. General focus on "character building", pushing of combat focus and encounter balance, and weakening of DM authority in favor of "the rules" and unified mechanics.

What skills do you feel are missing? Can you give examples?

unclear, but its not on the character sheet anymore - even on the other pages.

It's really upsetting to me that traits, bonds, ideals, and flaws were removed from the character sheet. It was nice that 5e's sheet put actual Roleplaying information front and center, rather than having your sheet just be a page of numbers.

PF2E is significantly lighter than 3.X d&d and pf ever were. There are significantly less situational modifiers, bonus stacking, or spot rules. The Rules are 46 pages compared to 5e's 32 pages, and pathfinder 1E's 84 pages.

Nobody reads the DMG.

Closer to 3 steps back, since you also cannot customize backgrounds anymore.

The new approach to mixed species in 2024 seems objectively worse and honestly more offensive than anything from original 5e.

Its very likely that they will stop making new print runs once they announce the first player options expansion book for 5.5e, which will most likely have most/all of the old content not in the PHB updated to the new format. I imagine they won't stop printing/selling before that point unless...

Equivalent exchange: Feats are no longer an optional rule, but custom backgrounds are. Perfectly balanced.

This matches my experience as well with 5e. Fights in PF2 or OSR games like OSE/Shadowdark are significantly faster - even when the party is composed of the exact same players!

I fully agree with this. New School games are specifically D&D 3.0+3.5, and those games directly descended from and/or inspired by them: 4e, 5e, pathfinder, PF2E, 13th Age. Additionally, other games directly derived from the d20 system that aren't necessarily d&d: d20 modern, mutants and...

This is exactly the case.

From my experience - PF2 combats are consistently faster than 3.X or 5e combats. The average length of encounters also only slightly increases as the party levels up - we were running level 12 combats without issue and in comparable amounts of time as when the party was low level.

All Advanced classes All Advanced Spells (illusionist, druid) All Advanced Alternate rules (Magic user prep, Race+Class, Etc.)

I'd really like to see more mid and high level stuff for B/X in modern osr. Everything seems to be written under the assumption the party is level 1, dies in a single hit, and has no money. Even hexcrawls, which as supposed to be Expert level adventuring, are frequently published for levels...

No, it does not. Classic Box + Advanced Box or Classic Tome + Advanced Box give you everything. Classic Box + Advanced Tome does not.