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<blockquote data-quote="Number47" data-source="post: 926630" data-attributes="member: 84">Of course WotC is doing this for money. The fact is, though, that is not a bad thing. After all, they can only make money from the revision if people want the revision. Thus, the fact that they decided to make the revision is proof that we wanted, not some plot to force us to buy books.Yes, it was a long time between editions in 1E/2E. This was not a good thing. Did anyone play in a regular campaign that wasn't heavy on house rules? I think one unstated mission of 3E/3.5E is to try to keep games mostly the same across the spectrum, rules-wise. They are putting out the new edition before houseruling in home campaigns becomes a necessity. It is a good thing for everyone to be playing the same game.Do you guys remember playing D&amp;D before it was a designed system and just some ad-hoc collection of rules? It was a mess! This is the first time in history that a fantasy roleplaying game has been so concise and complete. No wonder there needs to be a revision, nobody had ever done such a thing before and there were bound to be some hiccups. 3.5 is the hiccups removed.Last thing, this is not a new edition. This is a rules update. Attacking, damage, hit points, magic system, base classes, experience. These are all the same. The things that are changing are mostly tweaks. Even those tweaks can be used or not used as you choose, because it is the same basic system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Number47, post: 926630, member: 84"] Of course WotC is doing this for money. The fact is, though, that is not a bad thing. After all, they can only make money from the revision if people want the revision. Thus, the fact that they decided to make the revision is proof that we wanted, not some plot to force us to buy books. Yes, it was a long time between editions in 1E/2E. This was not a good thing. Did anyone play in a regular campaign that wasn't heavy on house rules? I think one unstated mission of 3E/3.5E is to try to keep games mostly the same across the spectrum, rules-wise. They are putting out the new edition before houseruling in home campaigns becomes a necessity. It is a good thing for everyone to be playing the same game. Do you guys remember playing D&D before it was a designed system and just some ad-hoc collection of rules? It was a mess! This is the first time in history that a fantasy roleplaying game has been so concise and complete. No wonder there needs to be a revision, nobody had ever done such a thing before and there were bound to be some hiccups. 3.5 is the hiccups removed. Last thing, this is not a new edition. This is a rules update. Attacking, damage, hit points, magic system, base classes, experience. These are all the same. The things that are changing are mostly tweaks. Even those tweaks can be used or not used as you choose, because it is the same basic system. [/QUOTE]

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