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I've been away from 4E for a while now. I like the game better than 3.5 by a wide margin, however I'm tired of Wizards overpromising and underdelivering. DDI was very exciting to me. I was looking forward to a virtual tabletop. I liked all the content on Dungeon and Dragon. The Character...

Thanks! You've given me a lot to chew on. I thought of going the RPGA route since there are a ton of free adventures, but they don't have a campaign feel and I'd love to springboard this first adventure into a campaign. It sounds like there are a few good 1st level adventures, but perhaps...

I haven't played 4E yet, but a few of my friends are interested in giving it a go. Since I know the rules the best (I've read them), I will be the DM. I'm looking for an adventure for first level characters that can springboard a campaign if we decide to continue with 4E. Any ideas for me?

I would expect third party publishers to see a rather significant drop in sales in support of 4E compared to 3E. The economy is in shambles compared to the economic boom in place at the time 3E was released. People tend to be much more cautious with their money when they are afraid of losing...

Whether Amazon made money or not doesn't impact the fact that Amazon has been undercutting bookstores for years and has driven many out of business. If I've got the capital backing (which Amazon did and does), I can drop the price of my widget to 20-35% below my competition with an eye toward...

If the chihuahuas were trying to steal it's food you're probably right. If the Pit Bull is eating the raw steak and the chihuahuas are nipping at it's heels, however, I think the Pit Bull finishes it's meal prior to tearing the chihuahuas apart. I expect the Vrock would do the same.

But the Vrock was a pit bull and you your party was a few chihuahua puppies. He can enjoy his meal and then deal with the nuisances. As an aside, I can't stand metagaming like that at my table and the Vrock would have killed you at my table too. Actually, you wouldn't have fought a Vrock at...

I think it's fair to say that Hasbro can't listen to everyone. I'm certain they would love it if you would continue to support 4th edition, however they know they will lose a certain percentage of their 3E customers with the transition to 4E. They also know that many "old time" D&Ders who...

I'd take a Legion of soldiers led by a dozen low level Paladins over an extra plus to my weapon any day. Even against level 30's, the soldiers will still provide more benefit than an extra + would on a weapon. I agree they wouldn't be able to do much harm to a level appropriate opponent...

A Legions worth of Lay Hands is incredibly useful - much, much more useful than +1 to hit and damage IMO. They would also give party members flanking bonuses. They would make it very tough to get to the wizard to melee. They wont' directly do much in the way of damaging any level appropriate...

If only 10% of the customer base doesn't convert it will be a huge success for Hasbro. By all accounts, RPG sales have been down for a couple of years. A new edition, if adopted by 90% of the existing customer base, will mean the best year in quite some time for D&D. Factor in the excitement...

Who's the Pepsi to WotC's New Coke? For 4E to become the New Coke, there needs to be a Pepsi to siphon those who won't convert. Paizo is more of an RC or maybe Shasta. I don't foresee doom for WotC on this one. They screwed up the GSL and will probably underwhelm us at the start with...

Yes DDO sucked (sucks?). NWN2 was a step backwards from the original in my opinion. Baldur's Gate was released long ago. That said, I'm certain each game had more players than Pathfinder will have. And, while I played DDO, I talked to many players who hadn't played D&D and I explained to...

Absolutely true! But I believe there are two huge differences that work in WotC's favor. First, Wizards is considerably more likely to re-invigorate the casual D&D player. People who played D&D before will likely come back. People who still play D&D but stopped purchasing new stuff cause...

I too downloaded, but will not buy the Alpha. I was curious, but I've already bought books of house rules for 3.5 and really don't need another especially when there's another game that does a better job of fixing the problems.

Much depends on what you constitute as Paizo's customer base. I don't think we're thinking of that in the same turns. I don't consider myself part of Paizo's customer base, but I'm guessing you would consider me one of their customers. Technically, I'm still a customer of Paizo's, but I'm not...

How many will Paizo gain though? They will keep a bunch of old customers, but do you really see them growing their customer base significantly? I'd be shocked. You can add me to your one handed counting cause unfortunately I won't be playing Pathfinder. Now, when they move to 4E, I'll be the...

I don't think there can be any doubt those features appear in WoW; just as they appeared in EQ long before WoW came out; as many of these features appeared in D&D a couple decades prior to the release of EQ. Of the WoWisms you list, the Quest cards and level limits on magic items are really the...

Thanks, Eric! That's exactly what I was looking for. I was just going to try in IE to see if the page just wouldn't open in Firefox, but no need now.

Thank you, Festivus! I don't know how I missed that.