I like 4th edition more than 3.5 and Pathfinder, and I'm on the fence about 5e, since 5e is still getting new stuff.
I want Variant Human because for two reasons, the first is that my builds tend to be feat heavy, and thus need the extra one at the start. The second is that I don't like being forced to pick specific races in order to play a halfway competent version of a class. The design of D&D means that +1 to all stats is pretty lack lustre, since you typically only care about one or two. An 8 is mechanically identical to a 9.
