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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Howndawg" data-source="post: 3757217" data-attributes="member: 54639">I first looked at 4e with a mixture of hope and skepticism. Hope that they would fix the problems with third, and pessimism that they would leave the more problematic aspects of third alone and mess with something that works perfectly well.The more I read on the WotC blogs and in the Design and Development columns, the more I realize that the designers are really trying to do the best they can to make the game the best D&D experience possible.  And no, I am no WotC employee or a rabid fanboy.  I haven't played D&D for two years in part because although I loved many of the changes in 3e, the ones I didn't like turned the game into something I did not really enjoy playing.  I'm talking about CR's and wealth-by-level.  It's easier to go over to someone else's OGL or d20 game than to try to come up with house rules to adapt that mess to the game I'd like to run.  When I read that the Christmas tree effect would be something the designers of 4e were trying to eliminate, I nearly jumped for joy.  It seems now that they are finally designing D&D with good fantasy in mind.There are some changes I am skeptical about, but to me 4e has the wow factor that will bring me back into D&D.Howndawg</blockquote>