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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 6335859" data-attributes="member: 14159">More like 6+ years, but yes, 4e was vastly divisive, and practically schismatic in what it did to the player base.&nbsp; Yes, this entire thread can be seen as a microcosm of it.&nbsp; I started posting to ENWorld less and less as those edition wars got hotter and hotter and it became increasingly clear that they would go on forever with no resolve, like an internet version of the Blood War.I realized the divisions went way beyond internet message boards when I was on active duty in the Army.&nbsp; Find other gamers on post, and if you said you played D&amp;D, there was always this awkward &quot;whose side are you on&quot; moment where they asked if you played 4e or 3.5.&nbsp; Most players I met played 3.5, but the ones I met who played 4e would always refuse to play 3.5 and would trash talk it.&nbsp; I won't switch from 3.5 to 5e, I like 3.5 too much, but I like 5e a lot more and I just might buy some 5e books to at least be conversant in this edition.&nbsp; I'm seriously considering the core books, and if they do a &quot;Manual of the Planes 5e&quot; with the great wheel restored and discussing its role in the various D&amp;D settings (like a Great Wheel Eberron) I'm inclined strongly to look at it. 5e, to me, is at least an edition that I can work with.&nbsp; It's not going to displace my favorite, but it's at least one that doesn't feel like it's actively chasing me away from D&amp;D the way 4e did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 6335859, member: 14159"] More like 6+ years, but yes, 4e was vastly divisive, and practically schismatic in what it did to the player base. Yes, this entire thread can be seen as a microcosm of it. I started posting to ENWorld less and less as those edition wars got hotter and hotter and it became increasingly clear that they would go on forever with no resolve, like an internet version of the Blood War. I realized the divisions went way beyond internet message boards when I was on active duty in the Army. Find other gamers on post, and if you said you played D&D, there was always this awkward "whose side are you on" moment where they asked if you played 4e or 3.5. Most players I met played 3.5, but the ones I met who played 4e would always refuse to play 3.5 and would trash talk it. I won't switch from 3.5 to 5e, I like 3.5 too much, but I like 5e a lot more and I just might buy some 5e books to at least be conversant in this edition. I'm seriously considering the core books, and if they do a "Manual of the Planes 5e" with the great wheel restored and discussing its role in the various D&D settings (like a Great Wheel Eberron) I'm inclined strongly to look at it. 5e, to me, is at least an edition that I can work with. It's not going to displace my favorite, but it's at least one that doesn't feel like it's actively chasing me away from D&D the way 4e did. [/QUOTE]

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