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<blockquote data-quote="tx7321" data-source="post: 3270060" data-attributes="member: 43146">Magan, it was &quot;leaked&quot; here and other places (before 3E was released) that 3E was going to be a return to 1Eish D&amp;D.&nbsp; Hype was built (I think intentionally) by WOTC to get old 1E players (who didn't like 2E) to buy the game when it was released.&nbsp; I jumped in and purchased all the core books.&nbsp; It wasn't until I started to play that it became clear 3E was nothing like 1E.&nbsp; Apparently 2E players felt jilted as well (as I remember).&nbsp; What also sucked was the redefinition of what D&amp;D was.&nbsp; 2E kept the majority of the core rules of AD&amp;D1.&nbsp; But 3E changed over to the D20 system, and broke the archetypes into customizable creations.&nbsp; That &quot;sting&quot; came out of the blue.&nbsp; It would be like going down to the store and buying the latest Monopoly (the earlier being out of print) and finding it had changed the basic rules drastically to the point it wasn't the same game anymore (but kept the name Monopoly as a Brand to make money).&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious&nbsp; &nbsp; :]" data-shortname=":]" /> Anyhow, thats how I see it, and I'd wager alot of other chaps see it as well. Luckily, I think time has calmed things down.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tx7321, post: 3270060, member: 43146"] Magan, it was "leaked" here and other places (before 3E was released) that 3E was going to be a return to 1Eish D&D. Hype was built (I think intentionally) by WOTC to get old 1E players (who didn't like 2E) to buy the game when it was released. I jumped in and purchased all the core books. It wasn't until I started to play that it became clear 3E was nothing like 1E. Apparently 2E players felt jilted as well (as I remember). What also sucked was the redefinition of what D&D was. 2E kept the majority of the core rules of AD&D1. But 3E changed over to the D20 system, and broke the archetypes into customizable creations. That "sting" came out of the blue. It would be like going down to the store and buying the latest Monopoly (the earlier being out of print) and finding it had changed the basic rules drastically to the point it wasn't the same game anymore (but kept the name Monopoly as a Brand to make money). :] Anyhow, thats how I see it, and I'd wager alot of other chaps see it as well. Luckily, I think time has calmed things down. [/QUOTE]

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