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<blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 7532008" data-attributes="member: 4348">I'd say my golden years of Gaming personally was no where close to my teen years.&nbsp; That time was probably the same as the golden age of gaming in general for D&amp;D (though one may say now is the Silver Age of Gaming for D&amp;D).&nbsp; That period was probably between 1983-1986 or thereabouts.I DID appreciated a few things from 2e.&nbsp; I liked that THAC0 was changed into a more mathematical idea where you could always figure out what the THAC0 was without having to either memorize a much larger table or look it up.&nbsp; Bard's, in my opinion, were actually overpowered (vice what the OP stated) in 2e.&nbsp; They could do all a Rogue could do (with spells of Knock and Invisibility and Improved Invisibility and other items, covered all the niches) plus a LOT of what the Wizard could do but gained levels faster up until 13th level and 7th level spells kicked in for the Wizard...Bards had a LOT going for them.All in all, I think I liked some things for 2e, but typically stayed with 1e rules (so...yes...Gold for XP...though it was still an option for 2e).I did love (though many would call it incredibly broken) the class creation table in the 2e DMG.D&amp;D 2e and TSR made a LOT of money at the time (100 million dollar industry in the early 90s)...but D&amp;D itself was on a continual decline after the mid-80s.&nbsp; 2e momentarily held off the demons that were coming to bay and sink it into oblivion, but only for another decade.&nbsp; 3e brought it back to life, but never could resurrect the corpse to the levels that it existed two decades earlier...but 5e has done some wonders in bringing it back to at least 2e levels of popularity (I wouldn't say it is as popular as 1e yet, but I could see it being as popular as 2e...even if it isn't making as much money as 2e did during the EARLY 90s...YET [it may in the near future and it definitely is doing better than when everything collapsed and TSR was going bankrupt]).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GreyLord, post: 7532008, member: 4348"] I'd say my golden years of Gaming personally was no where close to my teen years. That time was probably the same as the golden age of gaming in general for D&D (though one may say now is the Silver Age of Gaming for D&D). That period was probably between 1983-1986 or thereabouts. I DID appreciated a few things from 2e. I liked that THAC0 was changed into a more mathematical idea where you could always figure out what the THAC0 was without having to either memorize a much larger table or look it up. Bard's, in my opinion, were actually overpowered (vice what the OP stated) in 2e. They could do all a Rogue could do (with spells of Knock and Invisibility and Improved Invisibility and other items, covered all the niches) plus a LOT of what the Wizard could do but gained levels faster up until 13th level and 7th level spells kicked in for the Wizard...Bards had a LOT going for them. All in all, I think I liked some things for 2e, but typically stayed with 1e rules (so...yes...Gold for XP...though it was still an option for 2e). I did love (though many would call it incredibly broken) the class creation table in the 2e DMG. D&D 2e and TSR made a LOT of money at the time (100 million dollar industry in the early 90s)...but D&D itself was on a continual decline after the mid-80s. 2e momentarily held off the demons that were coming to bay and sink it into oblivion, but only for another decade. 3e brought it back to life, but never could resurrect the corpse to the levels that it existed two decades earlier...but 5e has done some wonders in bringing it back to at least 2e levels of popularity (I wouldn't say it is as popular as 1e yet, but I could see it being as popular as 2e...even if it isn't making as much money as 2e did during the EARLY 90s...YET [it may in the near future and it definitely is doing better than when everything collapsed and TSR was going bankrupt]). [/QUOTE]

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