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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jimlock" data-source="post: 5580084" data-attributes="member: 6674931">I haven't played 4th edition. I've only watched game sessions on the Internet, and what i witnessed wasn't appealing. The books don't attract me either.2nd e is what i grew up with, so i love this game to death.3rd was met with reluctance at first, then i enjoyed it greatly... and then time proved how it was more complex than needed. I still enjoy it greatly though... That's what I play still.People seem to admire 4th's simplicity, but i somehow fail to see how "so" simple the game has become. IMO it sure is simpler than 3.x, but 4th edition's downsides are so many and important, that this simplicity cannot make the difference. I believe that 5th should go for simplicity, but not in the way 4th has done it.5th should try and bring some of the old editions back, and regain on old-school players. I'm fairly reluctant as to how a tabletop game can take on the video game industry in the long run, therefore I believe that MMORPG-logic should be left aside. The game should try to improve its own merits, and not try to pretend being something else.I would also appreciate it, if the game would take a more serious turn, in terms of roleplaying. Well... not just roleplaying... I would also like to see D&D going more for investigation/mystery/riddle-solving... anything that could arouse the creativity of the gamers... and make a game equally rewarding for those who do not believe that "slashing my way through" is the only possible solution to a problem... Perhaps this answer to this is: "try a different game!" But I love the D&D universe too much to give it away. I love White-Wolf games a great deal as well, and play/have played them like crazy, but when I Play D&D I always make the link with my first gaming experience... and well... its different...  i don't know how i can put it into words...</blockquote>

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