The past few months have been very sad and confusing for me as I witnessed the death of the only game that i loved and cherished. I tried to get into 4e, but sad to say, i could'nt. Something just feels so wrong with it that it doesnt feel like dnd to me. Oh, it is an rpg, but not the one that helped me when i had my troubled childhood and needed something to get my mind away from things.
3rd edition was different, but i quickly embraced it as it still felt like dnd(to me anyway).Then after 8 years of playing the crap outta it, some "thing" came along dressed like dnd, but it was'nt.Might as well be the big bad wolf for all i knew "What big dice you have dnd"/ "the better to distract you my puppet".
I went to their forums and searched for answers, but everytime i asked a question about the system the members found even slightly antagonistic towards their preciuos 4th edition, they all ganged up on me and i was forced to defend myself in kind. They even slammed me when i asked why the vancian spellcasting system was broken when Gary himself designed it. Let me tell you, never have i seen such a lack of respect for him than i did over there.They accused me of deifying him and told me although he is responsible, he is old and outdated! How can you say that he was wrong when it came to the game HE created? BLASPHEMY!!!
I also noticed that 4e came out as soon as Gary died. Kinda like a "F-you old man" from 4e's sinister creater's. I am a loyal player to dnd and it would have been fine for them to print a revision or even change the system a bit, but what i saw when i bought the 3 corebooks was NOT DND!
Anyway, i am not going back to that site again as i am sick of arguing with them and tired of acting like i like the crap quality products they spew from their bottom.
Hopefully here is a place i can talk with my true peers about the wonders of past editions( and them not always saying "But it was broken") and move forward with what i beleive to be(as others have said)the TRUE 4e that is Pathfinder.
I have been as open about my veiwpoints as i dare with this, my premeire post on Paizo. I hope you all are as glad to see me as I am to see you.
Signed, Jerry Dove.