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Message: <blockquote data-quote="R_J_K75" data-source="post: 9270002" data-attributes="member: 6921294">This is how I feel too. I stopped playing 5E about 1-1/2-2 years ago. Im waiting to see what the revisions will be like before I decide to buy and play 5E again. I was asked last night if I wanted to get into a monthly 5E game and I refuse to DM it in its current state, not sure I even want to play it. We did something pretty similar. When we quit playing 5E we switched back to AD&D 2E but I quickly remembered its short comings with its micro systems for mechanics and some of the players and another DM couldn't shake the 5E mindset. I then ran a Modern AGE campaign for a few months. It was fun but difficult for me to learn some of the rules while prepping/running games and the players didnt put enough effort into learning the system so that the game flowed smoothly. We are currently running a ShadowDark game but again the 5E mindset creeps in. Last night my DM asked me for a saving throw, and I reminded him that there arent saving throws in the game and they are ability tests. Overall ShadowDark is fun but it's taking a bit to get used to its bare bones system. Some games aren't for everyone and sometimes players just want to play and aren't interested (or don't) in learning a new game system for whatever reason. Time will tell if we go back to 5E, but we have pretty much come to the conclusion that we don't really care what system were playing, we just wing it and have fun. We got together last night for 4 hours and probably actually played for an hour and a half and socialized the rest of the time. I think the hobby shouldn't be taken so seriously or personally, and if it stops being fun, I'll find something else to do to occupy my time.</blockquote>

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