Ever tried 4e ? Why not? Well, how do you even *know* that you don't like it if you've never tried it! Yes, i'm sure they did have plenty of reasonable sounding disagreements with the rules as written. But did they try it ? Then how did *they* know they didn't like it? You should try 4e . Don't need no character, we do that here. Don't need to understand the differences in version, that's the point of playing; to learn. Don't really need access to any of the 4e books. It's designed that way because it's the starter-set, and it's for complete new-type-players. You come and try the 4e .