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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 5472446" data-attributes="member: 46713"><p>Yup. No one is going to take the 'classic' 4e builds away from me;</p><p>just like no one is going to burn my vast library of 3e books.</p><p>And since I'm not interested in the 'low complexity' builds that Essentials has to offer, I'm just ignoring the Essentials products that include them.</p><p></p><p>But: All new products will include material that is supportive of Essentials builds. Sure, _some_ of the material will also be useful for 'classic' builds, but the trend is already apparent in DDI content.</p><p></p><p>I will never see a new official ritual because in Essentials there aren't any!</p><p></p><p>Instead of the sudden death of 4e that would have been caused by releasing a new edition we get a slow, but no less lethal poisoning of the game by the insidious process of 'Essentialization'.</p><p></p><p>It's not a big problem, though. We have only just started playing 4e, really. It's going to take us plenty of time to use just a tiny fraction of the material that has already been released for classic 4e. Chances are, 5e will come out before we get bored with the options already available.</p><p></p><p>And my money will simply go somewhere else, like board games or new rpg systems from other publishers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 5472446, member: 46713"] Yup. No one is going to take the 'classic' 4e builds away from me; just like no one is going to burn my vast library of 3e books. And since I'm not interested in the 'low complexity' builds that Essentials has to offer, I'm just ignoring the Essentials products that include them. But: All new products will include material that is supportive of Essentials builds. Sure, _some_ of the material will also be useful for 'classic' builds, but the trend is already apparent in DDI content. I will never see a new official ritual because in Essentials there aren't any! Instead of the sudden death of 4e that would have been caused by releasing a new edition we get a slow, but no less lethal poisoning of the game by the insidious process of 'Essentialization'. It's not a big problem, though. We have only just started playing 4e, really. It's going to take us plenty of time to use just a tiny fraction of the material that has already been released for classic 4e. Chances are, 5e will come out before we get bored with the options already available. And my money will simply go somewhere else, like board games or new rpg systems from other publishers. [/QUOTE]
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