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<blockquote data-quote="FrozenNorth" data-source="post: 8100883" data-attributes="member: 7020832">I don’t want to answer for dave, but I wanted to give my perspective on this question (because it is a good question).I started with Rules Cyclopaedia D&amp;D in middle school, moved to 2e in high school, stopped playing in uni and at the beginning of my professional career, then returned with 4e and have been playing 4e and 5e (with occasional detours into other systems) ever since.To respond to your question, the difference is that it’s been 14 years.&nbsp; 14 years ago, I was in my mid-twenties and I didn’t have kids and nearly as many responsibilities.The person I was when 4e came out could take the time to absorb complex rules and sort through tons of feats to identify what I wanted.Nowadays, I want to spend the most time possible at the table on the good stuff, and simply passing on anything that slows the game down.On the slightly more positive side, I also have more self-confidence, so it’s also less important to me to spend time on the character creation game so I can project onto my tabletop avatar.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrozenNorth, post: 8100883, member: 7020832"] I don’t want to answer for dave, but I wanted to give my perspective on this question (because it is a good question). I started with Rules Cyclopaedia D&D in middle school, moved to 2e in high school, stopped playing in uni and at the beginning of my professional career, then returned with 4e and have been playing 4e and 5e (with occasional detours into other systems) ever since. To respond to your question, the difference is that it’s been 14 years. 14 years ago, I was in my mid-twenties and I didn’t have kids and nearly as many responsibilities. The person I was when 4e came out could take the time to absorb complex rules and sort through tons of feats to identify what I wanted. Nowadays, I want to spend the most time possible at the table on the good stuff, and simply passing on anything that slows the game down. On the slightly more positive side, I also have more self-confidence, so it’s also less important to me to spend time on the character creation game so I can project onto my tabletop avatar. [/QUOTE]

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