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<blockquote data-quote="Set" data-source="post: 3715510" data-attributes="member: 41584">I remember that the majority of fans seemed to encourage the transition between 2nd Edition and 3rd Edition GURPS.&nbsp; The message boards at Steve Jackson Games has an outpouring of love for 4th edition as well, and while there are many individual components of 4th edition that read like our 3rd edition house rules (no PD!&nbsp; Woo-hoo!&nbsp; Spell damage dice based on Magery level!), there's some, IMO, insanely math-y stuff that I don't care for, meaning that I'm more partial to a sort of 'GURPS 3.5' between the two...1st to 2nd Ed AD&amp;D had me leery, but I ended up liking it, and the change to 3rd Edition was a *vast* improvement, IMO.&nbsp; 3.5, on the other hand, seemed unnecessary.&nbsp; The DR changes, in particular, were *specifically said* to counter the 'you must have this weapon to beat this monster' syndrome in an interview with one of the 3.5 designers, and they did the exact freaking opposite.&nbsp; The designer flat-out contradicted what the DR change did, and reading it, even before 3.5 was released, I was wondering what he was smoking to think that all of this 'cold iron / silver' crap would eliminate 'golf bag syndrome' instead of literally *creating it.*2nd Edition M&amp;M had me dragging my heels (since I had just started really playing 1e, so I wasn't really feeling the need for it to be 'made better'), but once some friendly folk on the game's forums showed me how to build some of my ideas in the new system, I now prefer it as well.I also enjoyed the revamps (pun intended) of the World of Darkness to 2nd edition, and then Revised, for the most part, but the new, new version leaves me cold.&nbsp; I really, really loved Mage the Ascension and Vampire the Masquerade, and the changes stripped away most of my favorite archetypes, and modified the others to the point of taking away the parts I enjoyed most.So I'm pretty variable.&nbsp; Some new Editions, I love (most of the AD&amp;D revisions, the M&amp;M editions, Star Fleet Battles editions, etc), others I end up not liking (new WoD, GURPS 4e).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Set, post: 3715510, member: 41584"] I remember that the majority of fans seemed to encourage the transition between 2nd Edition and 3rd Edition GURPS. The message boards at Steve Jackson Games has an outpouring of love for 4th edition as well, and while there are many individual components of 4th edition that read like our 3rd edition house rules (no PD! Woo-hoo! Spell damage dice based on Magery level!), there's some, IMO, insanely math-y stuff that I don't care for, meaning that I'm more partial to a sort of 'GURPS 3.5' between the two... 1st to 2nd Ed AD&D had me leery, but I ended up liking it, and the change to 3rd Edition was a *vast* improvement, IMO. 3.5, on the other hand, seemed unnecessary. The DR changes, in particular, were *specifically said* to counter the 'you must have this weapon to beat this monster' syndrome in an interview with one of the 3.5 designers, and they did the exact freaking opposite. The designer flat-out contradicted what the DR change did, and reading it, even before 3.5 was released, I was wondering what he was smoking to think that all of this 'cold iron / silver' crap would eliminate 'golf bag syndrome' instead of literally *creating it.* 2nd Edition M&M had me dragging my heels (since I had just started really playing 1e, so I wasn't really feeling the need for it to be 'made better'), but once some friendly folk on the game's forums showed me how to build some of my ideas in the new system, I now prefer it as well. I also enjoyed the revamps (pun intended) of the World of Darkness to 2nd edition, and then Revised, for the most part, but the new, new version leaves me cold. I really, really loved Mage the Ascension and Vampire the Masquerade, and the changes stripped away most of my favorite archetypes, and modified the others to the point of taking away the parts I enjoyed most. So I'm pretty variable. Some new Editions, I love (most of the AD&D revisions, the M&M editions, Star Fleet Battles editions, etc), others I end up not liking (new WoD, GURPS 4e). [/QUOTE]

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