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[Disgruntled Hobbit]

It is not a zero sum situation. They are catering to as many old and new players as they can at the same time: they are optimizing their customer base. No demographic is being abandoned here. Look at 4E's hamfisted marketing if you want to see that.

What about 4th Ed's marketing exactly?

 

[Parmandur]

What about 4th Ed's marketing exactly?

Examples could be multiplied of the attempt by 4E marketing to throw out the old and embrace the hip, but here's a start:

 

[Disgruntled Hobbit]

Examples could be multiplied of the attempt by 4E marketing to throw out the old and embrace the hip, but here's a start:

You mean like exactly what they did for Ravenloft?

 

[Parmandur]

You mean like exactly what they did for Ravenloft?

No, hardly. 5E Ravenloft is a different animal from that entirely.

 

[Sacrosanct]

You mean like exactly what they did for Ravenloft?

What, specifically? And please don’t say Vistani...

 

[Disgruntled Hobbit]

No, hardly. 5E Ravenloft is a different animal from that entirely.

And the people who loved 4th Ed would say they liked the advertisements and wish the gnome would come back

What, specifically? And please don’t say Vistani...

How every single podcast, article, and interview was all "hey, this is a thing we changed"
That was the focus. Throw out the old and embrace the hip as Parmandur said

 

[Parmandur]

And the people who loved 4th Ed would say they liked the advertisements and wish the gnome would come back


How every single podcast, article, and interview was all "hey, this is a thing we changed"
That was the focus. Throw out the old and embrace the hip as Parmandur said

Have you actually read the book?

 

[Disgruntled Hobbit]

Have you actually read the book?

How is that relevant?
We're discussing the advertising
And every article I read on VGR was focused on how much they changed things and how the old version sucked
Just like 4th Ed

Why? Are you going to make a case that the advertising was misleading and the book isn't full of changes?
We already know every domain was rewritten

 

[Parmandur]

How is that relevant?
We're discussing the advertising
And every article I read on VGR was focused on how much they changed things and how the old version sucked
Just like 4th Ed

Why? Are you going to make a case that the advertising was misleading and the book isn't full of changes?
We already know every domain was rewritten

The marketing did no such thing, particulwhen red to the 4E material. The book goes out of it's way to present each version of the domain as a field of possibility that even includes the originals (all the original material is on sale still, even). They really picked out bits that they had tweaked a bit for marketimgnpurposes, but they did not do what you are claiming.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

That's your opinion
I've seen far more people complaining about the changes and saying it's an insult to the old material

And I have the opposite experience (in real-life, not online which is just an echo chamber). Personal anecdotes aren't great representations of actual sales.