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Originally Posted by RefinedBean  "Here's a reason for change, and here's the change we made." The problem is, many consumers saw this as simply "There's a problem with what you've been doing for the past 8 years. Here's our opportunity for you to spend money to fix it." |
I don't see any problem with that. When you have something new that you honestly think fixes problems you've seen in a game, why not point out that you've fixed it?
I think that a lot of people just thought there was no reason at all to have a
4e and they didn't see any problems at all. So when
WOTC started pointing out all the problems they've seen and the reasons they felt they needed a
4e, there were a large number of people who responded with "None of that was broken! Stop insulting our game!"
The real problem with the marketing of
4e was that the problems they were attempting to fix didn't affect every game. Those who were experiencing the problems said "That sounds awesome!". Those who weren't only saw insults to things that worked perfectly fine.
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Originally Posted by RefinedBean WotC could have easily delivered 4th edition without pointing out the differences between it and 3E as much as they did. It wasn't horrible marketing, but it could have been a bit more thought-out. |
I'm not sure how you market a new edition of something without pointing out the differences. For instance, I'm excited about the fact that the sweet spot has been extended to all 30 levels. It is one of the reasons I like
4e. How do you explain that it is one of the features of
4e without talking about its differences from
3e?
Especially without explaining that there were levels that weren't "sweet" in
3e.
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