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Fantasy medieval, @Reynard . Fantasy.

I always found the changed heritages really fascinating, including the halflings. Really made the setting feel special and cool.

I was never into Eberron much. By the time it came around I was already deep into older settings and 3e was never my favorite D&D anyway. Warforged and artificers were what I liked most about it. I like tech.

I'd like warforged more if they were more robotic. That's the aspect of them that appeals to me.

I'm willing to roll the dice. New as most popular is hardly a guarantee where D&D is concerned!

While I don't particularly want D&D to die, I certainly understand your sentiment here. I really want D&D to be less influential in the hobby, and I don't see a way to do that.

If 6e was an incompatible game there's no reason to assume all 3pp will follow them into it. Unless you're WotC in the 4e era, who apparently believed D&D walked on water.

Really not a fan of game design To emphasize the brand.

No negative change that matters to you, to be fair. People do drop off when they change things, you know.

I talked about this before. No one wants to vote in a change that reduces their ability, to any degree, even if they would be fine if it happened without their consent. Forgiveness, not permission.

You have to defend your position too, to be fair. "A lot of people seem to be willing to pay WotC for it" is not to me a particularly good defense.

I'm fine with the incompatible 6e I advocate not being consistent. They already don't care about that, so why would they start now? I just want them to make their game and go away. For a game I actually want to play, I completely want setting logic and consistency regarding magic. A5e has made...

That progression very much depends on the game.

Quite true, and I've played several 1e druids who used that to great advantage. But modern game design often devalues abilities that aren't strong in combat, unfortunately.

I wish fighters actually were allowed to be "best at fighting", like they used to be. Even 3e gave them higher attack bonuses. How do you justify every PC, no matter their nature, having the same attack bonus?

Correct, and I am very unapologetic about it. Referring to my issues with 5.5 as "narrative" is incorrect I admit. It's more that the design philosophy has been moving further away from an emphasis on setting details and exploration of the imaginary world and closer to PC special consideration...

Because I love 3pp, and I don't want them following a game I don't like. It's why I'm quite irritated that 5.5 wasn't designed as an incompatible 6e. Designers get to decide what version of 5e they base their product on. There are many folks publishing 3pp specifically for Level Up (and also...

Well, I disagree (at least in part), so expect some pushback.

I think the problem is that a great deal of time is spent arguing over said definitions, and mutual agreement (so we can move on to the actual topic) is often elusive.

They have been offering something to both groups, true, but I feel it is undeniable the proportion of what they offer has in the last several years (Tasha's or before) been leaning much more obviously in favor of romanticism and high adventure, leaving fans of realpolitik and logistics in the...