While I happen to agree with pretty much every point you made, and I myself am one of the many that was not happy about the 4e announcement, I am willing to give it a try. I will buy the core books and I do like the virtual tabletop idea. But unless the new mechanics are ground breaking enough to make me forget all about 3e, I may just add the 4e books to my collection and continue my 3e campaigns. Of course it would also be nice to be familiar with 4e and have at least the core books, in case I come across a new group that is playing 4e.
However, though I am willing to give the new system the benefit of the doubt, I'm a sucker, I agree that changing the rules at this time is not the best idea on WotC's part. I think making such drastic changes to the game, the very foundation of the RPG industry and purposefully alienating such a vast majority of your customer base is a poor decision.
Then again 4e could be the revolutionary idea that the gaming industry needs. Keeping just enough of the old to keep us long time gamers and the old guard happy, but with enough of the new to inject some life into the industry. I know I'm being too optimistic about this, but I hate to see them kill a game that has meant so much to so many people. I want to believe they know what they are doing.
Fri, 04/11/2008 - 10:23pm
While I happen to agree with pretty much every point you made, and I myself am one of the many that was not happy about the 4e announcement, I am willing to give it a try. I will buy the core books and I do like the virtual tabletop idea. But unless the new mechanics are ground breaking enough to make me forget all about 3e, I may just add the 4e books to my collection and continue my 3e campaigns. Of course it would also be nice to be familiar with 4e and have at least the core books, in case I come across a new group that is playing 4e.
However, though I am willing to give the new system the benefit of the doubt, I'm a sucker, I agree that changing the rules at this time is not the best idea on WotC's part. I think making such drastic changes to the game, the very foundation of the RPG industry and purposefully alienating such a vast majority of your customer base is a poor decision.
Then again 4e could be the revolutionary idea that the gaming industry needs. Keeping just enough of the old to keep us long time gamers and the old guard happy, but with enough of the new to inject some life into the industry. I know I'm being too optimistic about this, but I hate to see them kill a game that has meant so much to so many people. I want to believe they know what they are doing.
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