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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quasqueton" data-source="post: 3270524" data-attributes="member: 3854">So what? This is the attitude that I don’t understand.You know, most people don’t stake out their preferred edition of the game as some territory to defend and expand. They don’t stand at attention under a banner that says “X Edition: convert or be flamed”. Most people like and play “D&D”. The edition is secondary, if a thought at all.If and when a 4th edition is published, I fully expect all/most current players to move to it. I expect the next edition to be better – better game mechanics – because it will be designed with another ~10 years worth of game design/play experience. I will examine it and determine if it is indeed better. If I think it is, I will start using it. I will not shed a tear for D&D3, I will not feel a pang of sadness. I will not miss it. I will not go on message boards and start edition wars in honor of it.I do not pick up a new edition of D&D just because it new. Usually, though, the new thing is better; few things regress. I will pick up a new edition (or game) because I think it is better mechanically.I started out with Basic/Expert D&D. We played for a year or two with those rules. When we learned of Advanced D&D, we considered it better (mechanically), and so moved to playing with it. When Second Edition came out, I considered it “not better enough” (mechanically), and so continued mostly playing the first edition. (I did play some AD&D2, but under other DMs – I DMed AD&D1.) I eventually fell out of D&D gaming. When D&D3 was released, I checked it out and considered it very good/better (mechanically), and so got back into the hobby. When D&D3 was revised to 3.5, I considered it an improvement (mechanically) and moved to it.This whole feeling that some have of “us versus them” – you either like the latest version and hate the older versions, or you like the older versions and hate the latest version – is ridiculous. I play D&D. I am currently playing with the latest edition of the rule set, but that doesn’t mean I’ve taken to disliking the older versions.Newer cars are generally better than older cars. I buy new cars for this betterness. Do I miss my old cars? I may miss the times/experiences I had in/with those old cars, but I don’t miss the car itself. I can have more of the same experiences in my new car as I did with my old. Sure, some of the experiences will be different, because *I’m* different (older, husband, father, job, etc.), but the car does not create the experiences – it is just a vehicle to take me through the experiences. I like that I don’t have to manually roll up my windows, I like that there are airbags in the steering wheel and doors, I like that my car has a bigger interior – I find nothing inherently more pure or fun because of the older technology.I had some great times in my younger days through the earlier editions of D&D, but not *because* of those editions. I’m having great times now through the current edition of D&D, not because of this edition. I will have great times in my future years through the next edition of D&D, not because of that edition. I move with editions that I feel are better mechanically – the feelings and fun of the game comes directly and only through me and my group.Quasqueton</blockquote>

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