Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 6851709" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>This is not true.  For one, again a lot comes down to personal preference.  For example everyone who still preferred to play AD&D after 3e came out.  Obviously there was the internet by then, and we all "knew better", but we still preferred that game.  But more specifically to your point, Skip Williams did an interview years ago about why 2e still had THACO.  Paraphrasing him, but basically he said, "Of course we thought about ascending AC.  but one of the main goals of 2e was to remain compatible with everyone's 1e material they already owned."  I for one am glad they went that route.  So when 2e was designed, they in fact "knew better", but intentionally designed it the way they did.</p></blockquote><p></p>