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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5986956" data-attributes="member: 996">While I can't agree that 4e was that much more of a change from 3e than 3e was from 2e, I don't see why the /name/ should make that huge a difference.  If Pathfinder or some other retro-clone strikes you as a better spiritually successor to D&D than the last ed of D&D, by all means, buy and play it, instead, but why campaign to destroy that edition of D&D for those who do like it?Well 3e was a great improvement at the time, and I still have good things to say about it's multi-classing system (most recently in discussion with Pemerton and Lanefan, oddly enough, in the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/new-horizons-upcoming-edition-d-d/327336-how-much-should-5e-aim-balance-39.html#post5986930" target="_blank">How much should 5e aim at balance?</a> thread) and the class design of the fighter and sorcerer.  And, 1e AD&D will always have that special nostalgia for me - I guess it's just a much less intense nostalgia than that of retro-clone fans.  But, ultimately, I have no special attachment to the /name/ - if 4e and Pathfinder were to swap name-plates & IP, I'd follow the best system, not the most familiar name.  Most of the IP of D&D is tied up in settings, which I have never had much interest in.I don't care if it's huge or tiny.  The way things were before the 5e announcement, everyone had what they wanted.  The way it's shaping up post-5e, they're the only ones set to lose anything.  Fans of all other editions have something to fall back on that's already receiving ongoing support.</blockquote>

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