Jemal
Adventurer
Pierson_Lowgal said:My interest in 4th edition stems from my anticipation of a mini-centric or online-centric DnD, which would upset me. If I expected 4th edition to be a purely tabletop reinvention of DnD, I'd be in the optimistic camp instead of the pessimistic camp.
Bingo, that's it for me. I've played minis games, I've played online games, and I don't want D&D to be either of those.
Granted, the chances of that are no more than they are for anything else, but..
True, but If you'll recall what happened when 3.0 came out (And again with 3.5).I mean, if they make a new expansion, are people going to come to your house/gaming store/storm drain and ticket you for playing an outdated edition? No, you keep doing what you're doing. I know plenty of people who still play AD&D even after 3rd Edition came out. There's a googleplex of material out there, and if people are afraid that suddenly WotC won't make an official "Mostest Completest Warlock II" book under the current rules, then frankly there's just no pleasing them.
4E, *IF* it ever happens, will be the same thing 3E was. A new game that in no way negates the old one or can lessen your enjoyment of it.
Within a few months, the old stuff was just that... OLD. nobody was playing/using it, and if you wanted to, you had to find those rare people who, like yourselves, wanted to play the older stuff. Heck, look at our own gaming boards (Which i frequent daily). You know how many 1e/2e/3e games get played? I've spent a lot of money and time on 3.5, and I LIKE it. I actually really like it and don't want it to just 'stop' b/c the sheep are herding in a different direction.
I see 4e (WHEN it comes out, not IF. they have to evolve eventually, the only other option is that they'll just shut down new production completely) being the same. For the first few months (maybe a year), there's resistance, people doing both the new and the old stuff, then as WOTC manages to phase out the old stuff from the public eye, everyone ponies up for the new stuff to see what it's like. Then, of course you can't NOT play something you've paid for, so it starts, and eventually anyone who wants to game has to game 4e.