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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Erdrick Dragin" data-source="post: 7647728" data-attributes="member: 88106">It's actually much simpler than one would think. WotC's mistake was doing 4E in the first place when they should've  continued 3.5 for a few more years, if not make it the final edition  entirely and just offer support in other areas that the game needed after saturating the game with enough material the majority wanted. Because all new editions do is split the base.   An unrealistic proposition, but here's a better one that should seriously be considered by WotC.   1) Clean up 1e, 2e, and 3.5e. As in streamline those rules the way the customers always wanted it and then leave it alone.  2) Reprint the core books to these cleaned edition rulebooks, then add a supplement for each. Gamers from all editions will empty the warehouses in a  matter of days if they knew their edition was alive again and also given a  little support with a small supplement here or there.  3) Continue giving support, maybe about 80%, to 4E. But give new material and support to the previous 3 editions, too, with the remaining 20% of the resources. Personally, an annual book adding new material for the 3 previous editions, and converting a few 4E material to the older editions, sounds like a good plan. Maybe better for there to be 3 small products for each edition instead of squeezing them all into one book. Using Dragon Magazine articles is another sure bet. 4) The most important of them all; STOP MAKING NEW EDITIONS! It just doesn't work with this kind of hobby, clearly! 3E and 4E should've been all the signs you needed to know that as fact!  Doing this will make everyone happy and will rake in cash like you  wouldn't believe. Because now you have gained back the interest (and  wallets) of almost everyone from the past 35 years! The split customer demographic will be whole once again.  WotC needs to stop trying to please gamers of all editions with just ONE edition. Keep it at 4 editions and just support all FOUR editions. Simple.  When Diablo 2 was released, were the servers for Diablo 1 shut down? No.  When FF14 was released by SquareEnix, was FF11's servers shut down? No.   Can people on Windows XP still go to the same websites as those with Windows 7? Yes.   And all of those have continued support and updates.   It'll be a pipe dream to see that happen, but that's how I'd run D&D at this point were I in control.</blockquote>

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