Changeover Poll

[dougmander]

I voted "all earlier edition play" because that was the closest option. I'm actually running two RISUS campaigns and one Castles and Crusades campaign.

 

[DaveMage]

I find it stunning that over 50% of the poll respondents - on a D&D fan site - are not playing the latest edition. That's crazy!

Not to mention the high number of people who have apparently tried the edition and went back to an older edtion (or something else).

Wow.

 

[Darkwolf71]

EN World is a great community, but it is nowhere near representative of all D&D gamers. The WotC boards dwarf EN World and at this point are probably like 90% 4e players if not higher.

That may be, but the wizards boards practically showed 3e players the door. I'm not saying they should continue to spend large amounts of time and effort on old editions, but cramming 3.x into the same forums as 1e/2e was.. I'm suprised they get any 3e traffic.

On the issue of drawing possibly unsubstantiated conclusions from ENWorld polls, I've noticed on occasion (caveat: observer bias, selective memory, etc.) that polls related to the popularity of 4E tend to get more "pro-4E" responses from the late morning to the late evening where I am (Singapore). This translates to something like GMT 0200 to GMT 1400 (I think).

I wonder if this means, at least among ENWorld members, that 4E is more popular in Europe and Asia than it is in the US?

That's an interesting thought.

 

[darjr]

I voted "all earlier edition play" because that was the closest option. I'm actually running two RISUS campaigns and one Castles and Crusades campaign.

OK. How many votes are like these? This kind of stuff also makes the poll kinda bogus.

 

[el-remmen]

We did a 4E one-shot and basically mocked it the entire time - it just wasn't our style.

I voted "tried it and went back to earlier edition play".

 

[Wombat]

Briefly tried 4e (three sessions), and it was not to my taste.

Now gleefully playing Changeling

 

[Aus_Snow]

Haven't tried it, and would rather not*. Happily, it looks like I'll never have to, as the conversion rate around here strikes me as staggeringly low.

Yay!


* And yes, I have actually read it. 'It' being the core three, in this case.

 

[Tetsubo]

3.5 is the last edition of D&D.

 

[Mallus]

I voted 'mostly over'. For the moment, my group's only playing a homebrew 4e campaign, which is taking off like a nerd-filled rocket (is that an oxymoron??).

In January I hope to restart our long-running 3.5e homebrew campaign, which is entering the 3rd and final act. While I love the campaign, I'm not so enamored of higher-level 3.5e. Converting it to 4e isn't an option --too difficult-- but there's been some talk about switching it to M&M2e, especially if the fantasy sourcebook for it is released soon.

4e does exactly what I want it to do: provide a fast, easy-to-use, and combat-wise, tactically rich mechanical framework upon which my friends and I can hang their nutty imaginings. While I can understand the whole "lacks flavor" position, it's not something we experience. Flavor is something we bring to table. In spades.

 

[Darkwolf71]

3.5 is the last edition of D&D.

That's pretty much uncalled for.