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I agree that presentation in general has been improved in RPGs. However, actual game mechanics are far more subjective, and I don't believe a general improvement can be claimed.

So long as either the PC or a commensurate NPC can conceivably acquire the same abilities, it's all good.

I imagine that book didn't get as much exposure as the PH.

Don't get me started on PC vs NPC abilities.

You're accusing someone of being banal. That's your right, but it's hardly a compliment.

By the time I played Final Fantasy I (the only one I've ever played), I had already been exposed to spellcasting as a concept and saw it as a variant, not the way spellcasters ought to be. Besides, I've always separated video games from TTRPGs and literature in my mind.

Sarcasm is hardly conducive to conversation. You're the one who made accusations.

I grew up on Lord of the Rings and Dragonlance. Continuous flashy magic is not what I associate with wizards.

I don't need to keep changing the rules, but my goal is to model every aspect of the setting as closely as possible (within practical limits), and I enjoy tweaking things and looking for new mechanics that help me with that goal. Worldbuilding, simulation of said worlds, and putting mechanics to...

No more so than the point that newer is sometimes better.

That's part of why I play Level Up, and fiddle with the rules besides.

I like crossbows. Having magic shooting out of you all the time feels more like a sorcerer thing. I think it would be cool for wizards to keep metamagic (don't know why they lost it), and give combat cantrips to sorcerers.

Having both cheapens the magic to me. Feels like I'm a guy with a laser pistol.

Better than the presumably sunk cost of 5.0?

I get that, but 5.5 certainly doesn't do anything I want from a big picture perspective either.

The Without Number series of games, particular Ashes Without Number, have excellent rules for building communities in RPGs (and all other forms of worldbuilding for that matter).

Your point of view. Plenty of games use 5e as a base even if it isn't really appropriate. Call it, "Popularity = $$$ Syndrome" if you like. I don't mind.

"All topics about D&D" covers all editions. It says include, not exclude.

Then you can speak for yourself, and so can they.

I disagree. The OSR movement started to increase accessibility to 1e (through OSRIC). The games most commonly inspiring the OSR are pretty well-regarded by OSR designers.