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<blockquote data-quote="shadow" data-source="post: 1638215" data-attributes="member: 2182">Yes, I was talking about the every creature taking up a square base.&nbsp; Although it makes sense from a pure wargame standpoint, it introduces a lot of problems IMHO.&nbsp; Now many monsters are able to threaten a much wider area.&nbsp; It also introduces a lot of problems when fighting in tight areas, forcing players to resort to the &quot;squeezing&quot; rules.&nbsp;I don't think that this is a good argument for several reasons.&nbsp; $20 a year for movies, concerts, and other one-time forms of entertainment is cheap, but having to shell out some $90 on a revised version of game you already have is outrageous.&nbsp; Even if the revision improved the game (and in my opinion, it hasn't), I would be reluctant to shell out $90 after less than three years.&nbsp; Besides the economic factor, there is the learning factor.&nbsp; It took me and people I play with a while to really learn the 3.0 rules well.&nbsp; I don't want to have to switch&nbsp; suddenly to a new rule-set and relearn everything. (Since I don't play every week the learning problem is compounded.)&nbsp; Finally, I have several hundred dollars worth of 3.0 material.&nbsp; 3.5e effectively invalidates a large portion of my 3.0 books, despite claims of backwards compatibility.&nbsp; I've tried converting between editions, only to find that it is more work than I imagined.&nbsp; Some things convert easily, but others (such as spellcasting characters) are a real pain to convert and require rebuilding from gound-up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="shadow, post: 1638215, member: 2182"] Yes, I was talking about the every creature taking up a square base. Although it makes sense from a pure wargame standpoint, it introduces a lot of problems IMHO. Now many monsters are able to threaten a much wider area. It also introduces a lot of problems when fighting in tight areas, forcing players to resort to the "squeezing" rules. I don't think that this is a good argument for several reasons. $20 a year for movies, concerts, and other one-time forms of entertainment is cheap, but having to shell out some $90 on a revised version of game [i]you already have[/i] is outrageous. Even if the revision improved the game (and in my opinion, it hasn't), I would be reluctant to shell out $90 after less than three years. Besides the economic factor, there is the learning factor. It took me and people I play with a while to really learn the 3.0 rules well. I don't want to have to switch suddenly to a new rule-set and relearn everything. (Since I don't play every week the learning problem is compounded.) Finally, I have several hundred dollars worth of 3.0 material. 3.5e effectively invalidates a large portion of my 3.0 books, despite claims of backwards compatibility. I've tried converting between editions, only to find that it is more work than I imagined. Some things convert easily, but others (such as spellcasting characters) are a real pain to convert and require rebuilding from gound-up. [/QUOTE]

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