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This is a poll concerning whether you changed over from earlier editions of D&D to 4th edition D&D (this is not an Edition Wars thread.)
There is no need to post, just vote in the poll if you would like.
I am curious as to the results. Very curious indeed.
I have one longstanding, infrequently-played Dragonlance campaign that will probably remain in 3.5, but my most regular gaming is now in 4E, and we're loving it.
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I voted that we have not played 4e and are going to be playing an earlier edition. I read through 4e and found I did not like it and would not run it. A couple of others have skimmed 4e and none of them are interested. Since I am the only one willing to run a game right now, that means we will not be moving to 4e.
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Well, it's summer..... what's D&D? The few games we've played the last month or two have been 4e. I think we will finish Rise of the Runelords/Age of Worms mix in 3.5. Then the group seems to want to go 4e for our homebrew, Crimson Throne, and eventually return to Iron Kingdoms high seas.
I voted for "slight changeover"...but it's more complicated than that.
I'm in a number of different groups.
One group is a very casual group, and we're currently playing Keep on the Shadowfell (and enjoying it quite a lot).
Two groups are in the midst of 3.5 campaigns, and we'll be sticking with 3.5 at least until those campaigns end. One of those campaigns will likely end late this year or early next; the other one will likely be ongoing for several years still (we're in Age of Worms, only on the 5th adventure, and we don't play very often).
The last group plays a variety of campaigns; we may try 4E, but I suspect we'll stay primarily with 3.5 with that group for some time.
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The initial ratio at launch of 55% for 4e v. 45% for earlier editions seems to be holding.
Actually, right now, it's:
- 48% 4e
- 7% mixed
- 44% earlier edition
This assumes that what people are playing and what they like are essentially the same thing.
I predicted more will change to 4e over time -- a month is not enough, it would seem.
Most interesting are the 7% in the middle. That seems like a small number of "undecided voters". Will their numbers increase gradually (it seems inevitable since the earlier editions are out of print) and will they then move more towards 4e (I think some will, but TBD on how many)?
If the 55/45 holds for a significant period (e.g., 6 months to a year), I wonder what WOTC will do?
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No, it is definitely not enough. In my group, everyone bought the books, and we all want to play - we were anticipating at least since we got the Races & Classes and World & Monsters books. But, we also have a Torg campaign (just started), we had 3 D&D 3.5 campaigns (adventure paths) and had an Iron Heroes campaign.
My IH campaign is off and I am now running KotS (and will also run the follow-ups)
One of the 3.5 campaign (Savage Tides) is being converted to 4E - our first session will be tomorrow (finally, I get to play D&D 4!)
And the remaining two I don't know, but I don't expect it to be happening soon.
So we might actually play 3.5 for several months, even though we otherwise are definitely pro-4E and won't start any more 3.5 campaigns! It is hard (and often undesirable) to change mid-campaign. We did it with Savage Tides only because the DM felt tired with mastering 3.5 at that level (~10-11), and the previous switch to Pathfinder didn't change anything.
And we hopefully won't have to give up our Torg campaign. Torg cannot be substituted by D&D, regardless of edition. It stands on its own.
After several months of anticipation, we've had "only" 1 real game of D&D 4. I wouldn't be surprised if it's even harder for other groups - not everyone has weekly sessions. (Actually, even we sometimes get that done, especially since a few of us work further outside and have night and week-end shifts)
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Yeah, I'm sure a poll on an internet forum featuring less than 70 votes is a real nail-biter for them.
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Well, my halfling campaign finished up a month or two ago (maybe three now?), and my epic game campaign finished up this last Monday. That group (both groups = one set of players) is now launching 4e; we played a short session Monday after finishing the epic campaign and making characters.
My 'beta' group is currently playing Red Hand of Doom, and is just finishing part 1. The party consists of a gnomish illusionist, a monk and a druid/wizard- hardly promising for converting to 4e at this stage of the game. So we're staying 3.5 to finish out RHoD, which might take a while (or might end in a tpk, you never know).
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