Editing Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition (section)

===Baby's First D&D===
Ironically, even though 4e's changes were hugely controversial when it was released, a growing number of fans are actually nostalgic for the edition because, as they put it, at least 4e tried to reinvent D&D and make it stronger. The "simplified" mechanics of 5e cause many fans to liken it to either an AD&D stripped of its clunkier rules and some of its more blatant [[Gygax]]ian silliness, or a 3e update that actually works - a "3.99" compared to [[Pathfinder]] as "3.75".

This one is...controversial, even among controversies.  On the one hand, 5e ''does'' mostly succeed at being a polished, improved "greatest hits" edition of ''D&D'', and tries to focus more on simple, readily-applicable rules than mathy bullshit.  On the other hand, the above-mentioned slow pace of releases does mean that the game hasn't been really moving forward as quickly as previous editions have, which leaves the fanbase crying out for more content - and the inconsistent pace & lackluster content of [[Unearthed Arcana]] means that it's not helping on that front. And on the gripping hand, the simplified mechanics are not always seen as having worked out, leading to the various complaints about the classes and, especially, the races. However, the streamlining by itself isn't really the problem ''per se'', but rather a symptom of the larger issues especially because there's...