Hawke id definitly play 3.PF over 5, but i would rather DM 5 than 3.5.
Personally i got my issues with both. Id rather play ADnD or 4e than either of em.
PF is still soemthing i havent gotten to actually play, its much the same as 3.5, tons of builds, most of them shit.
3.5 people realy are grognards that didnt move on. If they did, theyd play Pathfinder which is the exact same game, its even compatible but it gets new content.
So someone who clings to 3.5 realy is someone who deliberatley wants to live in the past.
Not that theres anything wrong with that. i personally prefer outdated editions myself, but i dont think a lot of them have any expirience with newer versions of DnD; let alone different systems alltogether
As for complexity. 5E is about as complex as 3.5. Its just less bloated.
Both systems arent terribly complicated, which is one of the reasons they realy only do one thing very well, which is DnD, and in the case of 5e id argue its not even very good at that.
Last edited by Sordak; 08/10/19 05:50 PM.