I was just commenting on the 4e "godarmor"...3e had nothing to do with it.
Plus if you look at an earlier post of mine, I'm going to purchase 4e anyway... :D
The only way D&D stops becoming D&D (aside from the obvious legal reasons) is if you put yourself into the mindset of this version is not D&D. I knew PLENTY of people who were up in arms about the change from 2nd to 3.X edition, and you know what some of them did?? They continued to play 2nd...
I just want to know,how can you argue realism in D&D when you can walk around as a 3 foot tall halfling who turns invisible at the drop of a hat and owns a flaming sword that talks to you??? :p
From everything I've read (only here mind you) it just really seems like WoTC is trying to make a "copy" of WoW and Japanese Manga to attract those customers.
Godarmor???? Seriously??
I personally believe that all 4th edition is trying to do is keep up with WoW. We have a generation of fantasy roleplayers (or ROLL-players if you prefer) who have grown up playing nothing but Everquest, WoW, Diablo and the such. In those games, you really don't need to roleplay (their might be...