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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5463721" data-attributes="member: 29398">I voted 2-3e but it was a coin flip vs. 3-4e.From my admittedly highly-biased perspective, the change from 2e to 3e took the game focus away from character *play* (fluff) and put it firmly on to character *build* (crunch).&nbsp; System mastery went from being useful to being essential.&nbsp; Powergamers and number-crunchers finally had the D+D they'd always wanted.The rest of us wondered what had happened.The 3e-4e change was almost as big, but in a different way - more in feel than anything else, for me it seemed to be much smoother and more pre-packaged than any earlier edition.&nbsp; Kinda like the difference between a hypothetical song performed first by Metallica (1e, rough around the edges but loud as hell, sold some records and got played at lots of parties) then by Def Leppard (3e, still vaguely metal but much more radio-friendly, a massive hit in its day) then by Celine Dion (4e, a hit in some circles but so bland it's almost unrecognizable from the original).Lan-&quot;I don't think there really is such a song&quot;-efan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 5463721, member: 29398"] I voted 2-3e but it was a coin flip vs. 3-4e. From my admittedly highly-biased perspective, the change from 2e to 3e took the game focus away from character *play* (fluff) and put it firmly on to character *build* (crunch). System mastery went from being useful to being essential. Powergamers and number-crunchers finally had the D+D they'd always wanted. The rest of us wondered what had happened. The 3e-4e change was almost as big, but in a different way - more in feel than anything else, for me it seemed to be much smoother and more pre-packaged than any earlier edition. Kinda like the difference between a hypothetical song performed first by Metallica (1e, rough around the edges but loud as hell, sold some records and got played at lots of parties) then by Def Leppard (3e, still vaguely metal but much more radio-friendly, a massive hit in its day) then by Celine Dion (4e, a hit in some circles but so bland it's almost unrecognizable from the original). Lan-"I don't think there really is such a song"-efan [/QUOTE]

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