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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 3861950" data-attributes="member: 2205">I actually think 4e looks significantly better than 3e/3.5, and yet I'm still probably not going to switch.&nbsp; At least not for some time.&nbsp; This has to do with a variety of things:1) At least, WotC've correctly identified what I think are some problems with 3e. However, identifying and fixing to my satisfaction are two different things.&nbsp; Having done the first is no guarantee that they'll do the second.2) Many of my problems are already solved by migrating to an SRD-based game that's not D&amp;D anyway.&nbsp; In fact, I've kludged together systems that do almost exactly what I want borrowing from the SRD, d20 Modern, Midnight, and Unearthed Arcana.&nbsp; For simplicity's sake, I'd probably just run with one of the models in d20 Modern + d20 Past now, with a small handful of Unearthed Arcana tack-ons.3) The problems with the current edition relative to the problems of 2e aren't nearly as... uh... problematic. The scope of what needs fixing is almost exponentially different. It's fair to say (from my perspective anyway) that the 3e--&gt;4e fixes are quibbling about details relative to the 2e--&gt;3e changes that were needed.&nbsp; That means that as excited as I was about coming back to D&amp;D for 3e, I'm still thinking that even 4e is too chock full of D&amp;Disms for my taste now, based on what I know if it so far.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 3861950, member: 2205"] I actually think 4e looks significantly better than 3e/3.5, and yet I'm still probably not going to switch. At least not for some time. This has to do with a variety of things: 1) At least, WotC've correctly identified what I think are some problems with 3e. However, identifying and fixing to my satisfaction are two different things. Having done the first is no guarantee that they'll do the second. 2) Many of my problems are already solved by migrating to an SRD-based game that's not D&D anyway. In fact, I've kludged together systems that do almost [i]exactly[/i] what I want borrowing from the SRD, d20 Modern, Midnight, and Unearthed Arcana. For simplicity's sake, I'd probably just run with one of the models in d20 Modern + d20 Past now, with a small handful of Unearthed Arcana tack-ons. 3) The problems with the current edition relative to the problems of 2e aren't nearly as... uh... problematic. The scope of what needs fixing is almost exponentially different. It's fair to say (from my perspective anyway) that the 3e-->4e fixes are quibbling about details relative to the 2e-->3e changes that were needed. That means that as excited as I was about coming back to D&D for 3e, I'm still thinking that even 4e is too chock full of D&Disms for my taste now, based on what I know if it so far. [/QUOTE]

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