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<blockquote data-quote="Vaeron" data-source="post: 5688475" data-attributes="member: 3956"><p>I doubt 5e is coming anytime very soon, and think it would be a horrible mis-step if it does.</p><p></p><p>I don't think a 5e, closer to 3e or 2e or any e, would do much to help WotC at this point. Every revision/new edition/modification they've released from 3.0 to 3.5 to 4e to 4e Essentials has split and divided their fanbase. A lot of people just don't trust Wizards any more. 3.0 lasted only 3 years. 3.5 lasted only 5. 4e thus far has lasted 3 (the same length of 3.0's entire run). Those who believe Essentials was pretty much an update and revision of 4e would probably argue 4.0 only lasted 2 years. </p><p></p><p>Having developed a reputation as a company that abandons systems quickly, it's in WotC's best interest for several reasons not to do so this time, and instead make 4e the best game it can be.</p><p></p><p>I guess the bottom line for many is that they are, at this point, very suspicious of WotC, and not certain if they can trust them enough to invest heavily in a product line that might be defunct in just a couple years. Even a lot of gamers who continue to love what is released for 4e will say that the original PHB and DMG are now pretty much defunct. (I happen to disagree, as my gaming group does not use the updates or errata and our game hasn't suffered at all because of it).</p><p></p><p>If WotC carted out another new edition, whether they call it 5e or whatever, anytime within the next 3 years it will just cement in a lot of people's minds (and clearly I'm one of them) that they're only interested in selling new books. This is of course what businesses do. But business also need to please their customers, and continually abandoning product lines people have spent hundreds of dollars on is not the way to do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vaeron, post: 5688475, member: 3956"] I doubt 5e is coming anytime very soon, and think it would be a horrible mis-step if it does. I don't think a 5e, closer to 3e or 2e or any e, would do much to help WotC at this point. Every revision/new edition/modification they've released from 3.0 to 3.5 to 4e to 4e Essentials has split and divided their fanbase. A lot of people just don't trust Wizards any more. 3.0 lasted only 3 years. 3.5 lasted only 5. 4e thus far has lasted 3 (the same length of 3.0's entire run). Those who believe Essentials was pretty much an update and revision of 4e would probably argue 4.0 only lasted 2 years. Having developed a reputation as a company that abandons systems quickly, it's in WotC's best interest for several reasons not to do so this time, and instead make 4e the best game it can be. I guess the bottom line for many is that they are, at this point, very suspicious of WotC, and not certain if they can trust them enough to invest heavily in a product line that might be defunct in just a couple years. Even a lot of gamers who continue to love what is released for 4e will say that the original PHB and DMG are now pretty much defunct. (I happen to disagree, as my gaming group does not use the updates or errata and our game hasn't suffered at all because of it). If WotC carted out another new edition, whether they call it 5e or whatever, anytime within the next 3 years it will just cement in a lot of people's minds (and clearly I'm one of them) that they're only interested in selling new books. This is of course what businesses do. But business also need to please their customers, and continually abandoning product lines people have spent hundreds of dollars on is not the way to do that. [/QUOTE]
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