DiabolicallyRandom

I pretty much agree with all your points, with the exception of the resources - I think it is doable with the resources there are, but it would probably displace something else, and this wouldn't exactly be top on my priority list. That said, at the very least, some variance in weather between scenes/acts at fixed points should at least be possible, and I do hope they do that.

Or am I just some relic of a bygone era? I have never been able to get into D&D 3.x, 4.x, etc - I still prefer the original "AD&D" ruleset - I know people love to hate on THAC0 but I loved it. It is pretty much impossible to find anyone in my area who still plays the old stuff - everyone I run into either plays something entirely different and won't touch AD&D, or only plays 3.x+.