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<blockquote data-quote="Azgulor" data-source="post: 5893455" data-attributes="member: 14291"><p>Emphasis mine.</p><p></p><p>I'm not picking on casualoblivion's viewpoint -- but it's a good example.</p><p>If a 4e fan can view a designer saying the 3E fighter (one of the simplest classes to play in 3.x) was a good representation of the class if the "most horrifying" element of 5e info to date, you've got a huge and fundamental gulf between 3E & 4E players in terms of taste in RPGs.</p><p></p><p>Building squarely off a 3E or 4E framework isn't going to bridge that gulf -- it's going to reinforce it. I think that's why you've seen some much talk about 1e & 2e stuff. 5e is in a tough spot. If they build off of 3E or 4E, they leave out a group of customers that they want to retain/bring back. If they go for a transformational shift, as 4E did with 3E, they risk splintering the 4E fanbase the way 4E splintered the 3E fanbase. Now, you're dealing with a fraction of a fraction... Not going to hit my business plan targets that way.</p><p></p><p>Going back to a more "classical" framework of 1e/2e is the only "safe(er)" move I can see for them. Maybe they cherry-pick select elements from 3E & 4E to try and make everyone happy. But I see poor odds of that working.</p><p></p><p>They've got a tough road to traverse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Azgulor, post: 5893455, member: 14291"] Emphasis mine. I'm not picking on casualoblivion's viewpoint -- but it's a good example. If a 4e fan can view a designer saying the 3E fighter (one of the simplest classes to play in 3.x) was a good representation of the class if the "most horrifying" element of 5e info to date, you've got a huge and fundamental gulf between 3E & 4E players in terms of taste in RPGs. Building squarely off a 3E or 4E framework isn't going to bridge that gulf -- it's going to reinforce it. I think that's why you've seen some much talk about 1e & 2e stuff. 5e is in a tough spot. If they build off of 3E or 4E, they leave out a group of customers that they want to retain/bring back. If they go for a transformational shift, as 4E did with 3E, they risk splintering the 4E fanbase the way 4E splintered the 3E fanbase. Now, you're dealing with a fraction of a fraction... Not going to hit my business plan targets that way. Going back to a more "classical" framework of 1e/2e is the only "safe(er)" move I can see for them. Maybe they cherry-pick select elements from 3E & 4E to try and make everyone happy. But I see poor odds of that working. They've got a tough road to traverse. [/QUOTE]
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