Why is 3e so shit?

It's not - all things considered it's the best edition to run a serious, lengthy campaign.

>>52875883
HA!

>>52875772
It has its merits, but it's rather bogged down by balance issues, HP bloat, and caster supremacy.

>>52875772
WotC wanted to throw out years of rules and settings, rehashed the most generic of them and tied all of the classes to the same leveling scale while also instituting mandatory feats and magic item grabs just to try and keep up with scaling of the enemies. At the same time they introduced large numbers of trap options, exploded the versatility of casters over non-casters, and much, much more.

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>>52875918
>>52875957
this
but
they did have good art, good book design.
i dont mind playing 3e / pathfinder, but, Dm'ing during all that was hellish for me.

it was a battle of quality vs quantity... and watching it loss every day to the wrong side

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>>52875883
>what is AD&D?

Dungeonpunk.
Exponential casters.
CCG-like character building.
Bloat.

>>52876029
outdated?

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>>52876044
>It's old, therefore it's shit.

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>>52876062
I'm just baiting. AD&D is good, I just prefer 3e for lengthy and serious campaigns.

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>>52876044
In what respect?

>>52875772
Exalted 3e is literally the best edition yet and an amazing system you cuck

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>>52876062
>it's old, therefore it can't be shit.

>>52875883
Surely you jest. The level range where the game doesn't behave like shit is like 3-6 or so, and Martials can EITHER do their job OR move, and all special attack options (disarm, trip, etc.) are trap options, with or without feat.

>>52876175
That's not what anyone here said.

>>52876175
>A game is neither shit nor good until one plays it.

>>52876217
AD&D is shit, and part of the reason is because it's old.

>>52876128
I was trying to think of other games that had a third edition to make that joke about but you beat me to it.

>>52876248
But that's wrong, I'm not sure why being old is even a reason to be shit.

>>52876385
Some of its design choices used to be prevalent and popular around the days it was made in, simply because people didn't know any better at the time. It doesn't hold up nowadays. Therefore, some of its problems that we perceive today are a result of age.

>>52876489
Can you give any examples?