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<blockquote data-quote="Olaf the Stout" data-source="post: 5273694" data-attributes="member: 13703"><p>I've got a few reasons why my group still plays 3.5E and not Pathfinder. Most of the reasons are the same reasons why we haven't switched to 4E.</p><p></p><p>1. We are currently halfway through a campaign and I don't want to switch rules set in the middle of a campaign.</p><p></p><p>2. I have spent a lot of money on my 3.5E books so I want to get as much value out of them as possible.</p><p></p><p>3. My group hasn't "broken" 3.xE yet. I know there are a number of flaws with the rules, but so far my group hasn't broken the game badly enough that we think it is unplayable.</p><p></p><p>4. I have a reasonably good level of familiarity with the current rules system so it is easier to stick with this one, rather than have to learn a new rules system.</p><p></p><p>5. The Pathfinder rules don't seem to fix all of the problems that exist in the 3.xE rules set (not that I expected it to) so it doesn't seem worth the effort.</p><p></p><p>6. We're happy enough with what we've got so, as the saying goes "why fix it if it ain't broke".</p><p></p><p>To be honest, I don't see myself changing systems until 5E comes along, whenever that is. Getting through the initial release of 4E was difficult as it had that "look, new shiny" appeal, especially when everyone was talking about it. However, that has subsided for me now.</p><p></p><p>After we finish the current campaign (been running for 2 years and probably will go for another 18 months) I have at least 5 other 3.xE campaigns that I want to run. Running a couple of those campaigns (assuming they run for 2-3 years each) will probably see me through to 5E.</p><p></p><p>Olaf the Stout</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Olaf the Stout, post: 5273694, member: 13703"] I've got a few reasons why my group still plays 3.5E and not Pathfinder. Most of the reasons are the same reasons why we haven't switched to 4E. 1. We are currently halfway through a campaign and I don't want to switch rules set in the middle of a campaign. 2. I have spent a lot of money on my 3.5E books so I want to get as much value out of them as possible. 3. My group hasn't "broken" 3.xE yet. I know there are a number of flaws with the rules, but so far my group hasn't broken the game badly enough that we think it is unplayable. 4. I have a reasonably good level of familiarity with the current rules system so it is easier to stick with this one, rather than have to learn a new rules system. 5. The Pathfinder rules don't seem to fix all of the problems that exist in the 3.xE rules set (not that I expected it to) so it doesn't seem worth the effort. 6. We're happy enough with what we've got so, as the saying goes "why fix it if it ain't broke". To be honest, I don't see myself changing systems until 5E comes along, whenever that is. Getting through the initial release of 4E was difficult as it had that "look, new shiny" appeal, especially when everyone was talking about it. However, that has subsided for me now. After we finish the current campaign (been running for 2 years and probably will go for another 18 months) I have at least 5 other 3.xE campaigns that I want to run. Running a couple of those campaigns (assuming they run for 2-3 years each) will probably see me through to 5E. Olaf the Stout [/QUOTE]
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