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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 3956824" data-attributes="member: 58197">Which people are you talking about?&nbsp; They're already working hard on creating buzz among existing gamers--see the Races and Classes book, and all the tidbits they're throwing us online.&nbsp; As for people who aren't currently gamers, it would be the height of idiocy to make a big push to get them into 3.5E right now, just so they could learn a whole new ruleset six months later.Probably because it's not that easy.&nbsp; This is a much bigger transition than 3E to 3.5E.&nbsp; You can't just start &quot;doing things the 4E way,&quot; any more than you could have &quot;done things the 3E way&quot; in 2E.&nbsp; Transitioning from 3.5E to 4E will involve a disconnect, and there's no way around that.Huh?&nbsp; That doesn't follow in the slightest.&nbsp; I'd be really mad if WotC took people off 4E development so they could throw what amounts to a retirement party for 3.5E.&nbsp; I'd much rather they kept those people working on polishing and tuning the new edition, so that we'll have a better game to play for all the years we're going to be playing it.When did they tell us this and who said it?&nbsp; Direct quotes please, attributed to specific WotC employees.&nbsp; There are a lot of claims flying around about WotC having &quot;lied&quot; about 4E or the 4E release date, but so far no such claim has been verified.&nbsp; They all seem come back to a handful of perfectly truthful statements that got taken out of context....and Magic: The Gathering, which brings in more money for WotC than D&amp;D ever did.&nbsp; And assorted other revenue streams.&nbsp; WotC isn't going to go bankrupt in the next six months.&nbsp; The D&amp;D division will have a dry spell, but the rest of the company can carry it through till June, when it will generate a torrent of new revenue as everybody goes out to buy the new core books.Dry spells are not uncommon in the business world.&nbsp; I myself work in an extremely cyclical business, where we have two huge bursts of revenue each year; the rest of the time, we coast on the profits from those two bursts.&nbsp; It's not a big deal as long as you're prepared for it, and have all your ducks in a row for when the dry spell ends.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 3956824, member: 58197"] Which people are you talking about? They're already working hard on creating buzz among existing gamers--see the Races and Classes book, and all the tidbits they're throwing us online. As for people who aren't currently gamers, it would be the height of idiocy to make a big push to get them into 3.5E right now, just so they could learn a whole new ruleset six months later. Probably because it's not that easy. This is a much bigger transition than 3E to 3.5E. You can't just start "doing things the 4E way," any more than you could have "done things the 3E way" in 2E. Transitioning from 3.5E to 4E will involve a disconnect, and there's no way around that. Huh? That doesn't follow in the slightest. I'd be really mad if WotC took people off 4E development so they could throw what amounts to a retirement party for 3.5E. I'd much rather they kept those people working on polishing and tuning the new edition, so that we'll have a better game to play for all the years we're going to be playing it. When did they tell us this and who said it? Direct quotes please, attributed to specific WotC employees. There are a lot of claims flying around about WotC having "lied" about 4E or the 4E release date, but so far no such claim has been verified. They all seem come back to a handful of perfectly truthful statements that got taken out of context. ...and Magic: The Gathering, which brings in more money for WotC than D&D ever did. And assorted other revenue streams. WotC isn't going to go bankrupt in the next six months. The D&D division will have a dry spell, but the rest of the company can carry it through till June, when it will generate a torrent of new revenue as everybody goes out to buy the new core books. Dry spells are not uncommon in the business world. I myself work in an extremely cyclical business, where we have two huge bursts of revenue each year; the rest of the time, we coast on the profits from those two bursts. It's not a big deal as long as you're prepared for it, and have all your ducks in a row for when the dry spell ends. [/QUOTE]

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