Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder: Is it evidence that new editions don't need to be that different?

[Betote]

And a third way of looking at it is that anyone with a DDI subscription can use all of the above, for the price of about two books, and never worry about it again.

Well, If I went that way, I'd worry about why did I pay for a crippled subscription, as I'm not a Windows user

 

[Jack99]

I prefer self-contained rules, yes. I also know there are people who prefer otherwise, and that's why I said "another way to look at it" and not "the right way to look at it"

As I have already stated, my ideal situation is one book with all the rules (which is the way my favorite games work: Call of Cthulhu, Pathfinder and Rules Cyclopedia D&D). Not having that, I'd choose the "small packages" model (as D&D 3.x) over the "everything intertwines" of 4e.

Please note the "I". I'm aware that there are other ways and that they seem to be pretty successful, even more than the ones I prefer. Luckily, we all can have what we want.

Of course. I was merely making sure I had understood you correctly. Personally I do not mind the 4e way of doing things, and perhaps I even like it a bit better, but it's not like I had a problem with how things were done in 3.x.