Sometimes I annoy myself at how long winded I get when I let myself do so.

I managed to condense everything to a few simple sentences to someone else. (I was comparing this convo to another one in an online game, mere hours ago)

There I mentioned a shorthand theory on why I don't like 2nd ed and an idea on why so many others love it:

I like functionality of game mechanics, but never thought ease of use was all that important, while others seem to like the whole ease of use idea and don't care about the technical aspects at all. Oh well, I feel 3rd wins out over 1st and 2nd on both those points anyway.