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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacob Lewis" data-source="post: 7163719" data-attributes="member: 6667921">There was always something appealing and unique about every edition for me... up until 5e, that is. But to be honest, my (surprisingly) favorite experience has been with 4th Edition. Not that it was an easy sell for me, mind you. It took a while for me to warm up to it. When I did eventually buy into it, however, there were still a lot of aspects that I really disliked. So it was a real love/hate relationship with the system, but overall the positive outweighed the negative. In the end, the company seemed to finally began to hit their stride on the design end of things, but then suddenly shut it down just when they were winning me over again.To me, 5e most closely resembles a revised 3rd (or 3.5) Edition, with just a sprinkle of 4e in it. So for those who may have opted out of 4e and feel like you've been waiting for a return to where 3e left off (and have not given in to the Pathfinder spin-off), this edition may appear to be your salvation. And if you lapsed since 2nd Edition and completely missed out on the D&D revival brought on by 3e, this is essentially your D&D Woodstock. Its nothing like the original, but you wouldn't know it if you weren't there, so have at it. This one is yours.To be fair, there are some things I like about 5e. But at the end of the day, the positives are not enough to keep me interested or get me to play more often. I've stuck around waiting to see how it would evolve and where it might start to pique my interest again, as it took some time with me and 4e, but I've grown tired of waiting and being underwhelmed by announcements. I can't even say I would be interested in another edition again if the only thing to get excited for is another rehash of classic adventures, or hoping for a particular setting to return with more than one or two supplements to support it. But I suppose I already have enough material from previous editions to run those classic adventures in my favorite settings. And this edition may be Wizard's way of reminding me of that, intentional or not. I just don't want to believe I am the only one that feels that way.</blockquote>

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