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Why do people still play older editions of D&D? Are they superior to the current one?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 7569127" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>Learn to play, I believe you. Learn to teach and DM, I am more skeptical about. I've played enough game systems in my life to know what I don't know. I've heard 5e is supposed to be easier to balance, but I would have to force everyone to play as generic fighter-rogue-cleric-wizard to be sure on the first time out (instead of the unique feeling characters I was able to help people build for 3.5 using the wide variety of feats and classes that I'm familiar with).</p><p></p><p>All game mechanics aside, 3.5 is the most navigable system for me, simply because of experience. If anyone has a question I don't know the answer to, I know the books (and my curated files) well enough to find the answer fast enough to get it right and not slow down gameplay. 5e may not take the typical 10,000 hours to master, but there's no way I could be that fluent in it without at least a few games under my belt.</p><p></p><p>So, I hear what you're saying. I like what you're saying. Someday, I hope to experience what you are saying. But today is not that day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 7569127, member: 7808"] Learn to play, I believe you. Learn to teach and DM, I am more skeptical about. I've played enough game systems in my life to know what I don't know. I've heard 5e is supposed to be easier to balance, but I would have to force everyone to play as generic fighter-rogue-cleric-wizard to be sure on the first time out (instead of the unique feeling characters I was able to help people build for 3.5 using the wide variety of feats and classes that I'm familiar with). All game mechanics aside, 3.5 is the most navigable system for me, simply because of experience. If anyone has a question I don't know the answer to, I know the books (and my curated files) well enough to find the answer fast enough to get it right and not slow down gameplay. 5e may not take the typical 10,000 hours to master, but there's no way I could be that fluent in it without at least a few games under my belt. So, I hear what you're saying. I like what you're saying. Someday, I hope to experience what you are saying. But today is not that day. Tomorrow doesn't look good either. [/QUOTE]
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