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First, the new monster manual is atrocious... they people that worked on it should all be fired.
They made the weakest and lamest challenges, then threw in a lot of bad mechanics and obviously "bugged" creatures.
I think this is symptomatic of the larger problem that this new edition was pretty much only made to make money.
I've mostly read the new PHB, but I feel like the clarity of the updated rules make it obvious how needlessly confusing much of original 5e was.
Sure, charging full price for what is mostly rephrasing and polish does feel a bit rich.
But refusing to give the new edition it's own damn name makes my blood boil. Trying to explain to my players that while most parts of fifth edition is compatible with fifth edition, some parts of fifth edition is actually not compatible with fifth edition, has significantly shortened my life span.
I just explain it as "LOL zombie apocalypse werewolf destroys your character if it puts them at zero hit points ... but 2024 5e thinks it's fine because they removed all its resists and regeneration". Or
"It's a Carrion Crawler, failing one saving throw means you are permanently afflicted ... yes you get a new save every six seconds, but you automatically fail it forever".
I actually do not miss the powerful save-or-suck mechanics as "roll the dice to see if you get to keep playing" is more randomly punishing than fun IMO.
But getting rid of damage type resistance doesn't make any sense, as that's one of the few ways weapon choice actually matters!
Giving monsters better initiative seems like a good idea, because otherwise they risk dying without getting to actually do much.
Making creatures like Gith and Gnoll, Aberrations and Fiends etc. makes sense, and gives a bit more meat to the creature types. But having them not be humanoids also seems really weird. Either they should be both, or "humanoid" should be renamed.
So it really seems like a mixed bag to me. Good well implemented ideas, good poorly implemented ideas, as well as oversimplifications.