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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ValhallaGH" data-source="post: 4616980" data-attributes="member: 41187">And expressed as you have done so, that's a useful point to make.  That the fundamental assumptions of character development are different.  WEG's game allowed a character to progress specifically or in a more general manner, while the Saga edition utilizes an across-the-board advancement where characters get better at everything as they advance.I'm getting the impression that the fundamental assumptions of character generation are pretty similar.  Specifically, a starting character can either be a capable generalist, with a few specialties but nothing stellar, or they can be a specialist with amazing capability in one area and limited capability in other areas.To JediSoth, I can state that I've yet to have a Saga game feel like D&D.  The vastly different mechanics, tone, style, and adventure types really remove a lot of that D&D feeling of "kill things and take their stuff."  My groups have had some of that (I went for a long time asking if the fallen foes had grenades, since grenades are fantastic and we never found shops), but even then it felt like money-grubbing space-farers, not mercenary adventurers.</blockquote>