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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 3732284" data-attributes="member: 172">I find it disconcerting and disappointing that most RPG companies assign such a low priority to backwards compatibility. The question therefore becomes &quot;is switching going to buy me more than I give up?&quot;In the case of the 2e to 3e switch, the answer was yes for me.But then, I am much more satisfied with 3e than I ever was 2e (indeed, I used variant systems like HERO for my game world long before 3e came about), and had significantly less material I would want to carry forwards from 3e.So unless 4e blows my socks off, there's a good chance I'll continue to use 3e for some time to come.It's not as hard or fraught with peril to achieve backwards as some are suggesting. Heck, I can run most Classic or Mega Traveller material with Traveller D20 with minimal conversion, and it's an entirely different system. But I can tell when they say levels 4-14 in 3e are going to map to levels 1-30 in 4e... it sounds as if I am going to have a lot of trouble using many great current supplements. Am I going to trade that for a &quot;core only&quot; game, even an improved one? I'm dubious.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 3732284, member: 172"] I find it disconcerting and disappointing that most RPG companies assign such a low priority to backwards compatibility. The question therefore becomes "is switching going to buy me more than I give up?" In the case of the 2e to 3e switch, the answer was yes for me. But then, I am much more satisfied with 3e than I ever was 2e (indeed, I used variant systems like HERO for my game world long before 3e came about), and had significantly less material I would want to carry forwards from 3e. So unless 4e blows my socks off, there's a good chance I'll continue to use 3e for some time to come. It's not as hard or fraught with peril to achieve backwards as some are suggesting. Heck, I can run most Classic or Mega Traveller material with Traveller D20 with minimal conversion, and it's an entirely different system. But I can tell when they say levels 4-14 in 3e are going to map to levels 1-30 in 4e... it sounds as if I am going to have a lot of trouble using many great current supplements. Am I going to trade that for a "core only" game, even an improved one? I'm dubious. [/QUOTE]

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