My First D&D edition was AD&D, thaco is a dirty word, but I really matured into role playing in 3.5 edition. I completely skipped 4th ed and went straight to 5th and I don't even regret it. My all time favorite character is Cadaran the Sonic Based Lyric Thaumaturge, I'm currently playing 2 rogues in 2 different campaigns, one is an Arcane Trickster, the other is an Assassin.