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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 5986669" data-attributes="member: 6698278"><p>I don't think the term is dismissive. Dissociative just means breaking you out of your immersion or sense of verisimilitude. Not the only way that can happen but thats what it means. Also he has rewritten that article in a far more neutral language using sports analogies and admitted that his first post was fired by anger at 4e.</p><p></p><p>D&D has traditionally been the opposite playstyle wise of what is was in 4e. The 4e designers didn't realize (I hope) what they were doing when they changed so much in the ways they did. So an emotional reaction is not surprising. I didn't have such a reaction at the beginning only because I didn't realize what was going on or understand how it would affect my game. I only later grew into this knowledge via experience.</p><p></p><p>When you own the number one (and at the time bar none) game, it seems risky to switch all of it's design tropes. Say what you want but D&D was crushing all the competition in the rpg market prior to 4e's release. It is a testament to the staying power of D&D's brand that it did as well as it did. I'm obviously someone who jumped in and bought a lot of stuff before realizing I disliked the game. There are a good number of people like me. It's why I don't even consider the sales numbers fair at this point. I consider it even worse for 4e.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 5986669, member: 6698278"] I don't think the term is dismissive. Dissociative just means breaking you out of your immersion or sense of verisimilitude. Not the only way that can happen but thats what it means. Also he has rewritten that article in a far more neutral language using sports analogies and admitted that his first post was fired by anger at 4e. D&D has traditionally been the opposite playstyle wise of what is was in 4e. The 4e designers didn't realize (I hope) what they were doing when they changed so much in the ways they did. So an emotional reaction is not surprising. I didn't have such a reaction at the beginning only because I didn't realize what was going on or understand how it would affect my game. I only later grew into this knowledge via experience. When you own the number one (and at the time bar none) game, it seems risky to switch all of it's design tropes. Say what you want but D&D was crushing all the competition in the rpg market prior to 4e's release. It is a testament to the staying power of D&D's brand that it did as well as it did. I'm obviously someone who jumped in and bought a lot of stuff before realizing I disliked the game. There are a good number of people like me. It's why I don't even consider the sales numbers fair at this point. I consider it even worse for 4e. [/QUOTE]
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