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<blockquote data-quote="ad_hoc" data-source="post: 7533506" data-attributes="member: 6748898"><p>This all applies to 4e.</p><p></p><p>4e came out after Pathfinder.</p><p></p><p>4e had the D&D brand.</p><p></p><p>3e wasn't being made anymore.</p><p></p><p>Why do people suddenly not have the problem of knowing what to play now? 3e, 4e, and Pathfinder all exist, so shouldn't that be even worse than with 4e? </p><p></p><p>You've assumed there are 'new entrants' then they pick out what RPG to play.</p><p></p><p>People recommend 5e to their friends. Then their friends try it and like it. Hobby gamers are a minority of RPG players now.</p><p></p><p>4e was chasing after a splintered player base. Non-hobby gamers had no interest and the ones that were around already had games they liked. </p><p></p><p>No one could have predicted that 5e would be able to gain this sort of momentum. Yes, when a bunch of geeky people getting together and trying to figure out what to play that usually falls on the most recent edition of D&D. What doesn't happen though is that non-hobby gamers are introduced, love it, and then start up games for their friends and so on. And that is what has happened.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Forums are so small as to be virtually meaningless.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That was the original goal. To get RPG players to come together to play 5e as their main thing.</p><p></p><p>And while that goal succeeded, it has grown far past that. The number of new RPG players significantly outnumber older ones now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ad_hoc, post: 7533506, member: 6748898"] This all applies to 4e. 4e came out after Pathfinder. 4e had the D&D brand. 3e wasn't being made anymore. Why do people suddenly not have the problem of knowing what to play now? 3e, 4e, and Pathfinder all exist, so shouldn't that be even worse than with 4e? You've assumed there are 'new entrants' then they pick out what RPG to play. People recommend 5e to their friends. Then their friends try it and like it. Hobby gamers are a minority of RPG players now. 4e was chasing after a splintered player base. Non-hobby gamers had no interest and the ones that were around already had games they liked. No one could have predicted that 5e would be able to gain this sort of momentum. Yes, when a bunch of geeky people getting together and trying to figure out what to play that usually falls on the most recent edition of D&D. What doesn't happen though is that non-hobby gamers are introduced, love it, and then start up games for their friends and so on. And that is what has happened. Forums are so small as to be virtually meaningless. That was the original goal. To get RPG players to come together to play 5e as their main thing. And while that goal succeeded, it has grown far past that. The number of new RPG players significantly outnumber older ones now. [/QUOTE]
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