Hell, I played D&D too. Started with the First editions, to boxed sets etc.
I did prefer the Iron Crown Enterprises Rolemaster gaming system because it was more defined, and left less up to the DM.
Rolemaster has gone through several revisions, but the original still beat out the D&D ruleset in my book.
ICE, ICE baby.
http://www.icewebring.com/what-is-rolemaster/