Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Dragonhelm" data-source="post: 3968928" data-attributes="member: 3867">No idea.&nbsp; I like 2e.&nbsp; I don't know why it gets such a bad rap.&nbsp; People treat it like &quot;the edition that wasn't,&quot; yet it had a profound impact on the D&amp;D game that lasts to this day.&nbsp; 2e's defining moment was all the settings.&nbsp; Perhaps they overdid it some, but the products were awesome.&nbsp; I'll say as well that some of the 2e sourcebooks were, IMO, better than their 3e descendents (i.e. Arms &amp; Equipment Guide).I'm with you, though, on the idea of something between 2e and 3e.&nbsp; I like a lot of what 3e did in terms of streamlined mechanics and scaling everything upward.&nbsp; The customization is to die for.&nbsp; Yet the combat seems to be what I don't care for.&nbsp; The level of detail is too much.I like C&amp;C for its simplicity.&nbsp; Everything scales up, and I can use whatever subsystems I want.&nbsp; All very cool, and reminds me of the good old days.&nbsp; Yet I kind of find myself longing for something a bit...more.&nbsp; I can adapt nearly anything, yet some things take more work than others.&nbsp; What if I wanted to use incarnum or shadow magic with C&amp;C?&nbsp; Not as easy of a task.It is my sincerest hope that 4e will be the happy medium I'm looking for.&nbsp; I like a lot of what I see thus far.&nbsp; I just hope it isn't too far.&nbsp; If it is, then I always have C&amp;C.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dragonhelm, post: 3968928, member: 3867"] No idea. I like 2e. I don't know why it gets such a bad rap. People treat it like "the edition that wasn't," yet it had a profound impact on the D&D game that lasts to this day. 2e's defining moment was all the settings. Perhaps they overdid it some, but the products were awesome. I'll say as well that some of the 2e sourcebooks were, IMO, better than their 3e descendents (i.e. [I]Arms & Equipment Guide[/I]). I'm with you, though, on the idea of something between 2e and 3e. I like a lot of what 3e did in terms of streamlined mechanics and scaling everything upward. The customization is to die for. Yet the combat seems to be what I don't care for. The level of detail is too much. I like C&C for its simplicity. Everything scales up, and I can use whatever subsystems I want. All very cool, and reminds me of the good old days. Yet I kind of find myself longing for something a bit...more. I can adapt nearly anything, yet some things take more work than others. What if I wanted to use incarnum or shadow magic with C&C? Not as easy of a task. It is my sincerest hope that 4e will be the happy medium I'm looking for. I like a lot of what I see thus far. I just hope it isn't too far. If it is, then I always have C&C. [/QUOTE]

Verification