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<blockquote data-quote="Dyir" data-source="post: 1793877" data-attributes="member: 13293">You won't hear any 2e hate from me.&nbsp; But I'm different from many of the other mentions on this thread: I never played in 1e.&nbsp; To me 2nd edition was the first version of D&amp;D I ever played, and really the first RPG I ever was exposed to.&nbsp; I cut my teeth on 2e (including all of the Player's Option books).&nbsp; When you first start to play an RPG without anyone there to show you how, balance doesn't mean anything at all.&nbsp; I was too inexperienced to realize just how crazy things could become.&nbsp; Indeed, there was some degree of balance in my early group: there was a full-plate wearing gnome illusionist/cleric alongside a halfling thief/psionicist alongside a grey-elf high mage alongside a sword archon.&nbsp; I don't think I could figure out which one was the most overpowered.&nbsp; So when I think back on 2e, if I don't really think of bad game mechanics.&nbsp; I think of how I played D&amp;D before I left for college and fully embraced both 3e and new friends.&nbsp; So, for me, 2e is &quot;old school&quot; and 3e is just the new thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dyir, post: 1793877, member: 13293"] You won't hear any 2e hate from me. But I'm different from many of the other mentions on this thread: I never played in 1e. To me 2nd edition was the first version of D&D I ever played, and really the first RPG I ever was exposed to. I cut my teeth on 2e (including all of the Player's Option books). When you first start to play an RPG without anyone there to show you how, balance doesn't mean anything at all. I was too inexperienced to realize just how crazy things could become. Indeed, there was some degree of balance in my early group: there was a full-plate wearing gnome illusionist/cleric alongside a halfling thief/psionicist alongside a grey-elf high mage alongside a sword archon. I don't think I could figure out which one was the most overpowered. So when I think back on 2e, if I don't really think of bad game mechanics. I think of how I played D&D before I left for college and fully embraced both 3e and new friends. So, for me, 2e is "old school" and 3e is just the new thing. [/QUOTE]

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