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Message: <blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 2061853" data-attributes="member: 945">Some of you may know this already, but I've been struggling with this.  Reading all these threads about the various edition, I think I've finally come up with a reasonable theory as to why people tend to hate 2nd edition, but love 3rd edition.Here's my hypothesis:When 2nd edition came out, people were involved in their 1st edition games heavily, and having a grand old time. 2nd edition came out, and removed certain classes, and modified certain things which fundamentally changed the way people were playing their game. So, for example, if you were playing a monk when 2e came out, well, you got screwed, big time. People hated this, and they either did one of four things - quit playing the game altogether, , switched to a different system (rolemaster, runequest or something similar) or continued to just play 1st edition, or reluctantly switched.  This last option seems to be the rarest of them all.  Maybe I should post a poll to determine. In fact, better yet, I'll make this thread a poll.Fast forward 12 years when 3rd edition comes out.  Now, almost unanimously, people love this game. Why?  Because those original campaigns aren't being run anymore.  *Most* people don't have campaigns that span 12,13, 14+ years. So, people could start fresh with 3rd edition, and be ok with it.  Plus - hey, it has the monk and barbarian, so it must be good. Ignoring the fact that 3rd edition is to 1st edition like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich is to a hamburger.This is my theory.  Any thoughts?</blockquote>

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