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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5755402" data-attributes="member: 58416">I agree with part of this.  I too can still enjoy D&D; if I didn't, I would no longer show up to game day with the group I play with.  However, part of my point was to say there was a time when I had no idea that different flavors existed.  I accepted D&D as pizza because I was told it was.I like both chicken nuggets and pizza.  Now that I am aware there is a difference, I'm overall happier because I am now aware that when what I'm really hungry for is chicken nuggets and not pizza that I can go somewhere else and get chicken nuggets.  I am now better able to enjoy D&D 4th Edition because I am now able to recognize that it is designed with a certain flavor in mind, and I am aware that other flavors exist if I do not want that flavor.  Before, I was at a state in which I did not like the flavor 4th Edition was offering, but was not knowledgeable enough about the other flavors to comprehend how different they would be.  I became a bitter customer because my experience was bitter.I didn't know enough to be aware that I might be happier eating something else.  The other cravings I had, I now know can be satisfied by going somewhere else.  Now, when I walk into 4E and sit down at the table, I do so expecting something which is offered and served rather than trying to special request something which the chef or the guy running the milk shake machine isn't able to offer.edit:  Though I do still feel there are things which would make D&D better.  When I run a game of 4E, I do modify parts of it.  However, there comes a point where -if I want a certain thing- it's easier to just use a system which is better equipped to handle what I want rather than trying to make nuggets into pizza.</blockquote>

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