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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 1494328" data-attributes="member: 158">Upon thoroughly reading the Open Parts of the C&C Troll Boards a few weeks ago, I don't think it's complete anti-3E among the playtesters posting there; but it is more like 70% against/30% for. The parts they like, they really like - Base attack bonus, upwards scaling of AC, etc. But the parts they don't  - skills and feats being the worst culprits - are seen as irredeemable for making a style of roleplay that is both rules-light and DM-friendly. I will be very curious to see what they do with weapon proficiencies; this to me was a strong point of 3E, because I always had issues with fighters only knowing basic use of 4 different weapons, and having penalty with all others. The penalty was not large, but to me fighters should have broad knowledge of at least a half-dozen to a dozen weapons due to extended time training with multiple types. Also, the ideas behind proficiency styles introduced in the Complete Fighters Handbook in 2E (the precursor to 3E feats) were well-received by every AD&D gamer I ever gamed with. It would be a shame to retreat to the good old days of fighters having no weapon specialization nor any tricks they can perform with their weapons, other than just whacking away at the enemy for dice + str bonus damage.</blockquote>