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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5972114" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>I think your dates may be off.</p><p></p><p>3.0e was released in 2000</p><p>3.5e was released in 2003</p><p>4e was released in 2008</p><p></p><p>So, 3.5e lasted 5 years, while 4e has lasted 4 so far. (And that's assuming you don't consider Essentials a substantive revision on a par with 3.5e.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I really hope they're no longer operating under that requirement. I don't see how they can possibly hope to achieve it - the DDI was the most likely route to that, but seems to have fallen short in 4e, and I don't see how 5e is going to do <em>significantly</em> better - not least since they haven't said anything about their intentions for DDI with 5e.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I hope you're right. Unfortunately, my gut feeling is that if anyone tries it and makes any sort of a success of it, they'll have to be <em>very</em> careful about the legal stuff, of they'll face the Wrath of the Lawyers. Because a good 4e retroclone stands to be the second-biggest competitor to 5e (after Pathfinder), and while there's nothing WotC can do about Pathfinder, you can bet they would go after a 4e clone if they had any grounds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5972114, member: 22424"] I think your dates may be off. 3.0e was released in 2000 3.5e was released in 2003 4e was released in 2008 So, 3.5e lasted 5 years, while 4e has lasted 4 so far. (And that's assuming you don't consider Essentials a substantive revision on a par with 3.5e.) I really hope they're no longer operating under that requirement. I don't see how they can possibly hope to achieve it - the DDI was the most likely route to that, but seems to have fallen short in 4e, and I don't see how 5e is going to do [i]significantly[/i] better - not least since they haven't said anything about their intentions for DDI with 5e. I hope you're right. Unfortunately, my gut feeling is that if anyone tries it and makes any sort of a success of it, they'll have to be [i]very[/i] careful about the legal stuff, of they'll face the Wrath of the Lawyers. Because a good 4e retroclone stands to be the second-biggest competitor to 5e (after Pathfinder), and while there's nothing WotC can do about Pathfinder, you can bet they would go after a 4e clone if they had any grounds. [/QUOTE]
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