See this thread .
As far as it being so 2nd edition, as you put it, I always felt that 3e (and 3.5) should do nothing more than adapt the older material into a new, more balanced rule set instead of drastically changing everything (or just plain ignoring concepts and information that have generally been a mainstay of the game throughout all of its incarnations).
As far as the 3e version of the timeless trait for planes, it gave too many "maybes". A plane with the timeless trait "sometimes" did one thing and "might not" do another. Since the description for the Astral in the MotP didn't specifiy if it was such a plane where retroactive aging and such did or didn't occur, I always assumed that since it occurred in 2nd edition, it was so for 3e. Plus, the fact that the timeless trait was changed to say that it always occurred, it seems that the original intention of the writers was for the MotP planes to have it occur for them, as well. But, since I'm not the writers, that's just a guess on my part.
Of course, if you don't like it, just change it to suit your tastes. Alot of stuff that I didn't like, for whatever reason, I changed to what I felt was better. That's the beauty of the game.
Originally posted by Ornum
As far as it being so 2nd edition, as you put it, I always felt that 3e (and 3.5) should do nothing more than adapt the older material into a new, more balanced rule set instead of drastically changing everything (or just plain ignoring concepts and information that have generally been a mainstay of the game throughout all of its incarnations).
Agree 100%. Streamlining and tidying is the way forward, which is why, IMHO, 2e is better than 1e. However, it's not perfect, but 3e and 3.5e just aren't even the same game, however superficially similar they seem on the surface.