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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Echohawk" data-source="post: 4606300" data-attributes="member: 9849">It seems reasonable that folks who visit ENWorld, and particularly those who post and respond to polls, are likely to be more serious about D&D (and RPGs in general) than more casual gamers. From that, I don't think it is too much of a leap to guess that folks here are probably also more invested (financially and emotionally) in 3ed than the average gamer. So I'd be surprised if the boards did not reflect more of a bias towards older editions of the game than the "average" gamer.I mentioned up thread that I'm in the 50/50 category. I have one long-running 3.5 campaign, which would be too jarring to migrate to 4e, and I've also been running Keep on the Shadowfell for another group. For me, the most troubling aspect of the edition change has been running both 3.5e and 4e campaigns at the same time. I find that I tend to confuse some of the minor differences in both games (what triggers attacks of opportunity, or counting diagonal movement, for example). I'm an experienced DM and usually notice my mistakes before the players do, so I don't think this is having much impact on the game for them. But I'm still finding it surprisingly annoying not to be able to focus on just one version of the rules. It is as if I can't quite immerse myself in the 4e system while I still need to keep 3.5e stored in my brain. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm    :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" />I would not try to straddle two editions again. When we get to 5th edition, I'll wrap up any 4e campaigns first and only then start using the new rule system.</blockquote>

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