Agreed; there are pros and cons. I like some of the changes they made, but some were wholly unnecessary. I'd be game for adopting some of the 3.5 rules by common consent, if there are rules that people would like to use. I'm a fence sitter on this issue, to tell you the truth. I lost my 3.0 books and could only replace them with 3.5 books, but I don't need for this game to be updated to 3.5. I enjoy it as is.