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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="ParanoydStyle" data-source="post: 7569361" data-attributes="member: 6984451"><p>Personally, 3.5 is my favorite edition of Dungeons & Dragons. It is not perfect, but I know its flaws well and have developed workarounds for the ones that come up most often. (Pathfinder does make some improvements but also adds complexity, and there's the "false compatibility" issue.)</p><p></p><p>However, I have a feeling I'll be playing D&D 5E for the foreseeable future because it is HUGE and I want to both work and play in this industry. It's at the point where you don't even say D&D 5E, just "D&D". There's a whole generation of vocal, enthusiastic players with disposable income for whom this is the only edition of D&D they have EVER KNOWN (which is very strange to me). I'd prefer to be playing and working on 3.5, but people aren't playing or buying 3.5, they're playing and buying 5E. I'm more relieved that 5E is good enough that I can enjoy playing it than I am annoyed that I'm not getting to play my personal very favorite edition.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Someone needs to somehow splice this into at least one line on every "Random Magical Effect Table" in every single work printed for 5th Edition, wand of wonder, spell mishap, etcetera etcetera. That would be AMAZING. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ParanoydStyle, post: 7569361, member: 6984451"] Personally, 3.5 is my favorite edition of Dungeons & Dragons. It is not perfect, but I know its flaws well and have developed workarounds for the ones that come up most often. (Pathfinder does make some improvements but also adds complexity, and there's the "false compatibility" issue.) However, I have a feeling I'll be playing D&D 5E for the foreseeable future because it is HUGE and I want to both work and play in this industry. It's at the point where you don't even say D&D 5E, just "D&D". There's a whole generation of vocal, enthusiastic players with disposable income for whom this is the only edition of D&D they have EVER KNOWN (which is very strange to me). I'd prefer to be playing and working on 3.5, but people aren't playing or buying 3.5, they're playing and buying 5E. I'm more relieved that 5E is good enough that I can enjoy playing it than I am annoyed that I'm not getting to play my personal very favorite edition. [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Verdana] Someone needs to somehow splice this into at least one line on every "Random Magical Effect Table" in every single work printed for 5th Edition, wand of wonder, spell mishap, etcetera etcetera. That would be AMAZING. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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