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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5834653" data-attributes="member: 957"><p>Oh most certainly. That is my personal experience as well. </p><p></p><p>To me one big difference that drove the popularity of 3E as opposed to 4E was that 3E could be, and was intended to be, adaptable to whatever play style you wanted. If the monk was "the load" in your game then you could easily change something to "fix" that and still be playing 3E as designed. 3E could fit *MOST* any play style. But it may be more effort to run than a given group found worth it. And if that is the case, then 3E isn't for you. It may be completely fair to say that "3E sucks for me". There are a lot of people for whom that is true. </p><p></p><p>But in the case of 4E you either liked the style it was designed to cater to or you did not. It was AWESOME *at that style*. So if you had been playing 3E in *that* style then 4E was the same as 3E only way more awesome. You hit the jackpot. But if you were playing 3E (or anything else) in a style that was not the 4E style then you either started playing 4E style or you stopped being a WotC customer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 5834653, member: 957"] Oh most certainly. That is my personal experience as well. To me one big difference that drove the popularity of 3E as opposed to 4E was that 3E could be, and was intended to be, adaptable to whatever play style you wanted. If the monk was "the load" in your game then you could easily change something to "fix" that and still be playing 3E as designed. 3E could fit *MOST* any play style. But it may be more effort to run than a given group found worth it. And if that is the case, then 3E isn't for you. It may be completely fair to say that "3E sucks for me". There are a lot of people for whom that is true. But in the case of 4E you either liked the style it was designed to cater to or you did not. It was AWESOME *at that style*. So if you had been playing 3E in *that* style then 4E was the same as 3E only way more awesome. You hit the jackpot. But if you were playing 3E (or anything else) in a style that was not the 4E style then you either started playing 4E style or you stopped being a WotC customer. [/QUOTE]
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