If what they are saying on the WotC message boards is correct, I won't be buying Saga edition, and will probably keep to my RCR. They may well be creating the optimum version of a d20 Star Wars I wouldn't enjoy.
No WP/VP, back to D&D style HP. (Is this a dumbing-down because only HP are used in the minis game?)
Tech Specialist, Force Adept and Fringer classes removed, ostensibly because they weren't being played enough (as if that's a valid reason, they legitimately have roles in the setting). Yeah, because there aren't any technicians in the galaxy (and they are removing the class that was put in at fan request), and apparenlty there aren't any non-Jedi force users in the galaxy either , and both Luke and Anakin Skywalker were Jedi at 1st level and never had any adventures before being taught as Jedi. *rolls eyes*
Only being one force skills "Use Force", instead of a variety of skills and feats (There is such a thing as oversimplification, and only one force skill is definitely oversimplification. I could accept the variant that WotC posted of just Control, Sense, and Alter, but just "Use Force" is ridiculous).
While they say they aren't making it just a "Minis+" game, they are adding elements of the minis game to the RPG. (Uh oh)
Just like there are people who keep playing d6 Star Wars, I imagine this edition will produce a lot of people who still play RCR. I might loot new Saga Edition books for things to reverse-engineer to RCR, but unless the early reports are strongly mistaken I won't prefer Saga to RCR. I hope they are and there have been some serious communication errors here.
Heck, maybe if it's still in editing since it's due out in about 7 months, this is something of a public airing of some ideas to see if the fans like or dislike them. I hope so, so it can be known that a lot of these are labelled "dislike".
