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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7280317" data-attributes="member: 996"><p>Really, because it's the current edition. It means there's a community to engage with, organized play, and new material coming out (however slowly)....</p><p></p><p>Apart from that, and the usual flat-out h4ter lies about 4e, which I'll snip....</p><p></p><p> 5e does not have nearly the wealth of character-building options that 3e and 4e did (and PF still has & continued to build upon). It's not as eminently breakable as 3.x/PF nor as nearly-balanced as 4e. It /is/ much more evocative of the classic game than either of them - but since you never cared for the classic game, that's not a positive, either.</p><p></p><p>5e is meant to be D&D for anyone who ever loved D&D, regardless of edition, but while it doesn't have anything but digging out your old books to compete with when it comes to 2e or 4e, it has the OSR movement rivaling it for old-school fans, and, relevant to you: PF to compete with if 3.x was the only time you ever loved D&D. It's not that 5e has abandoned 3.5 fans, it's just that it's not catering to them to a much greater extent than it is fans of the classic game. So, you might just want to give your business to Paizo, they are catering to exactly what you want, and producing tons of stuff for it. It's not like you have any special loyalty to the official D&D brand because you started with it back in the day (which is how some of us feel about it).</p><p></p><p>Ultimately, if you do decide to go that way, your absence from the current-ed D&D forum would be much appreciated. It's one thing to have a preference - especially when you have the luxury of having that preference catered to lavishly - it's another to rant against the preferences of others, especially those who don't have that luxury.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 7280317, member: 996"] Really, because it's the current edition. It means there's a community to engage with, organized play, and new material coming out (however slowly).... Apart from that, and the usual flat-out h4ter lies about 4e, which I'll snip.... 5e does not have nearly the wealth of character-building options that 3e and 4e did (and PF still has & continued to build upon). It's not as eminently breakable as 3.x/PF nor as nearly-balanced as 4e. It /is/ much more evocative of the classic game than either of them - but since you never cared for the classic game, that's not a positive, either. 5e is meant to be D&D for anyone who ever loved D&D, regardless of edition, but while it doesn't have anything but digging out your old books to compete with when it comes to 2e or 4e, it has the OSR movement rivaling it for old-school fans, and, relevant to you: PF to compete with if 3.x was the only time you ever loved D&D. It's not that 5e has abandoned 3.5 fans, it's just that it's not catering to them to a much greater extent than it is fans of the classic game. So, you might just want to give your business to Paizo, they are catering to exactly what you want, and producing tons of stuff for it. It's not like you have any special loyalty to the official D&D brand because you started with it back in the day (which is how some of us feel about it). Ultimately, if you do decide to go that way, your absence from the current-ed D&D forum would be much appreciated. It's one thing to have a preference - especially when you have the luxury of having that preference catered to lavishly - it's another to rant against the preferences of others, especially those who don't have that luxury. [/QUOTE]
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