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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 4230275" data-attributes="member: 54629">I hadn't played any D&D for more than 5 years when I first picked up the 3.5 game. I started playing NWN around the same time, and I think I actually enjoyed the computer game more. But I got into the pen and paper game eventually and became quite the power gamer. I guess what I liked most about it was the fact that there were so many options (I got into the game in 2006, so there were already a lot of 3.5 books out) and I could spend ages working out the best mechanical combos and the like.Then when I got into DMing, the 3.5 rules very quickly became a god-awful chore. I was already starting to dislike the game, having houseruled the hell out of it just to make it tolerable nevermind fun, when the 4e announcement was made. 4e was just the final nail in the coffin for me. I was burnt out on 3.5 after having played it for not even two years! To be honest, there were things I didn't like about it right from the start. I kept comparing it to my memories of playing 2e and a lot of things just didn't meet my standards (the vast majority of the 3.x art being one). I'll admit, though, that if I were to play 2e now, it probably wouldn't meet my standards either. Hooray for the rose-colored glasses of nostalgia! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Anyway. I can't wait for 4e. WotC is taking the game in pretty much the same direction I had been trying to take 3.5. I'm very much in their target demographic. So I'm a happy camper. Yes, there are some things I don't like about this edition already too, but they are relatively minor things compared to the things I don't like about 3.5.</blockquote>

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