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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5476806" data-attributes="member: 18280">I am not at all convinced that 3.x and 4e set out to give players the same experience.I am not at all convinced that 1e and 2e do so, or 2e and 3e.It seems to me that a driving goal of edition change is also a desire to present a different form of experience.  The core strengths of various editions point toward attempting to drive particular experiences, IMHO.Saying that 3e and 4e are both good games doesn't mean the experience is the same.  It might be, if you play(ed) one of them in a way not consistent with its core strengths.  I.e., if you played 3e like you play 4e, they provide the same experience.  But the core strength of 3e is different than that of 4e, and you probably didn't get (and maybe didn't want) the best of what 3e has to offer.Likewise, if you play 4e like 3e, you probably aren't getting the best of what 4e has to offer.IME, people switch editions because they want a new experience, something that isn't fully supported in the game they are currently playing.  And no game can fully support everything!RC</blockquote>