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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DDK" data-source="post: 667055" data-attributes="member: 6469">OpinionsOk, first I'd just like to clarify that the following is an opinion and not meant to induce flames or peeve people off. I'm not calling anyone anything or implying any insult, it's just my personal opinion of older editions.They suck. Really, I mean it, I hate them. But then, I like change, I like dynamism, I like the future and technology and am excited about everything that lies ahead.That doesn't mean I accept everything new without critical evaluation, it just means I like to test new things out and have new experiences.Now, the original poster at least tried 3rd ed. He found it not to his liking and went back. Good for him! Each to their own. But for me, having elf as a character class borders on childish. That's not to say you're childish if you play it, it just doesn't smack of sophistication and maturity. Ok, ok, yes, yes, yes, sitting down pretending you're a psychic warrior ain't all that mature either, but the level of sophistication in the newer games allows far more options that can be explored.Which is why I hated 2nd ed. and, as I understand it 1st ed is only marginally different from 2nd, 1st ed. Sure, you didn't have to know too many rules, but that just meant you had to make stuff up as you went along. Ugh... for some people that's fine, but for me, I like a good, solid game mechanic that I can tweak if I really want to but which gives me a frame of reference to work with.So I'm glad you've had fun with the old game, it's something different after all. But I'm betting that the classes Elf and Dwarf get old REAL quick and you'll be hungering for something with a bit of meat on its bones soon enough <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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