I'm very much enjoying running the 5e Starter Set adventure. I like the system a great deal, I like the group we've got together for this one. All in all, it's great. But...
I have no great burning desire to run 5e beyond this adventure, nor do I see that changing in the foreseeable future.
Part of the issue is simple boredom with D&D-style fantasy gaming. This is largely due to the (very successful) "Eberron Code" campaign I ran. As that game took three years to play through, it really burned me out on this style of play for some time. In theory, this should correct itself in time... hopefully giving nice time for WotC to publish the Eberron conversion guide for this new edition.
The other part of it, though, is that I'm not impressed with what I've seen of "Tyranny of Dragons" thus far. The inaugural adventure path (sorry, "story event") for 5e feels a great deal like a tired re-tread of the old Dragonlance story, mixed with something about dragon masks (which, sad to say, just screams "GO GO Power Rangers!" to me), all tied up in a nicely railroaded bow. It really doesn't grab me and make me feel "I must run this!".
And that's potentially a problem for this new edition. It does appear that WotC are intent on focussing more on the adventures for this new edition, which is a good thing, but they're very definitely playing catch-up with Paizo, who now have the art of writing an Adventure Path down to a fine art. And while I'm not hugely likely to ever actually run a Pathfinder AP, neither am I going to waste my time slogging through a WotC (or third-party) path if it is an inferior product.
It's possible, of course, that I'm maligning "Tyranny of Dragons". After all, I've not yet had a chance to read through and digest the adventure book, and it is true that I was wrong about the Starter Set and so may well be wrong here. But, for now, it does look like 5e is an edition for home-brewing adventures. Which is great, but for my lack of time.
On the other hand, I am very much looking forward to running some "Firefly", so things aren't all bad!
I'm facing a fairly similar thing. I gave up gaming shortly after son 1 was born, and so had to end a several (6 at a guess) year long campaign. I don't think I could play or run D&D just now (even though it's about 2 years later) as I'd just be comparing to that. Indeed, it was such an epic campaign and work of love for me that I'm glad I have a natural long break in my gaming just now. I'm sure I'll get back to it at some point.
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