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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3921372" data-attributes="member: 19675">My $0.02.I'm on the fence about 4Ed- some of what I hear excites me, some concerns me greatly.  I'll probably buy the Core 3 (or whatever) and then make my decision about the system in general.As for supporting 3.X with my dollars, I did and still do, and in a BIG way...or would if I could find something worth my $$$ on the shelves (I do not now nor do I plan to ever buy gaming PDFs).IOW, I probably have 85% of what I want of releases by WotC and 3rd party producers like Malhavoc, Green Ronin, Necromancer, Mongoose, FFE, AEG, Atlas, SWS and many, many more.  I even have duplicates of some books that see heavy use.So, publishers, if someone puts out quality (physical) product, I'll buy it (and, FWIW, in a FLGS, not online).  You'll earn my voting dollars.But until something new in 3.X shows up on the shelves I can't do that!So, I ask the publishers to weather the storm.  A lot of the drop you're seeing in 3.X sales is purely due to anticipation of the new edition...kind of a "lame duck" period, if you will.  Another portion of the decline I've seen is attributable to a lot of people raiding used book stores to grab up 3.X product people are dumping in anticipation of the new release.Don't kill off 3.X projects in the pipeline.  If 4Ed isn't the RPGnizzle, people will be looking for quality 3.X material.  Heck, they'll be doing that even while buying 4Ed.There very well could be an uptick in sales.And no, I didn't and won't sign the petition.  Capitalism works fine enough for me.  If I don't care for 4Ed and 3.X products wither on the vine, I'll have more money to spend on feeding my G.A.S. (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome).</blockquote>

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