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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sjmiller" data-source="post: 4046711" data-attributes="member: 17262">I know that for me, my reaction to each of these changes has been different.I never really played 2e AD&D.  I played a little bit when it first came out, but stopped within about a year.  When our group went back to playing D&D we played 1st Ed AD&D and then stopped again after a couple of years.  When 3e D&D came out I had not been playing D&D for about a decade, maybe more.  I was very excited about this edition change, and bought the new core books as soon as they came out.  I formed a new group, started playing, and have been playing since then.When 3.5e D&D came around I was a bit miffed.  I did not see a need for a new edition, and did not understand why some of the changes were made.  I looked through stuff as it came out and cherry-picked things to add to my ongoing 3e game.  I continue doing that, printing up a nice Curmudgeon's Compendium for my players.With 4e D&D I am well beyond miffed.  I really do not see the reason for a new edition.  I do not like what I have seen so far.  They have taken out things I like, added things I do not like, and everything so far seems to be taking the game in a direction I do not wish to go.  This is the first new edition of D&D that I have absolutely no desire to buy.  Could this change in the future?  Maybe, but I doubt it.  The game appears to be tailored to a different gaming philosophy than mine.  That's cool.  I don't like the World of Darkness games either, so I don't buy them.I was hoping that 4e D&D would be a few more years down the road, and would do things differently than what they say it is going to do.  But, back to the original quote I used.  My reactions to the different transitions were:2e to 3e: Extremely excited3e to 3.5e: Miffed, but willing to mine for material3.5e to 4e: Annoyed, dissatisfied with the changes, not interestedThis is very different than my views of the various editions of Traveller, for example.  In that case my reactions were:Original to MegaTraveller - Excited and curious, bought it and had fun.MegaTraveller to Traveller: The New Era - Curious, looked through it, didn't like it, didn't buy it.Traveller: The New Era to Marc Miller's Traveller (4e): Liked the changes, flaws and all, and bought what I could find.  Didn't play it much, but enjoyed it.Marc Miller's Traveller to Traveller 5: Anxiously awaiting my CD-ROM, which I pre-ordered.  What little I saw as teasers has me really excited about playing Traveller again.  Radical changes to the system are in store, but they look good.So, it's not that I am afraid of change.  It is just that I do not like the changes that are being made.  So for me, I can really see where Bob is coming from on this.  He may like change and new games, he may not like these particular changes.</blockquote>

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