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<blockquote data-quote="WalterKovacs" data-source="post: 4552822" data-attributes="member: 63763">At the same time, while it may be a legitimate complaint, it's also a bit unrealistic.&nbsp;Ultimately, they would want as wide of an audience as possible for a new edition. This means:&nbsp;(A) Release it earlier enough that people getting &quot;tired&quot; of the older system have not yet stopped playing altogether &nbsp;(B) It is different enough from the old system to be an alternative&nbsp;A fixed version of 3.5 wouldn't be enough change for people that have issues with some of the fundamental elements of 3.5, and it would need to both be a big enough change from 3.5 to encourage players that like 3.5 to update ... but then they risk changing things they actually like about the game.&nbsp;Ultimately, 4e does not cause 3.5 to stop existing, nor did it get rid of 3, or it get rid of 2, etc, etc, etc ... people have the option to use the older editions, or the newer editions. Another patch of 3.5 wouldn't be a new edition, it would be more rules added to the same thing. Considering one of the complaints levied against 4e is the lack of options ... having more editions to pick from is a good thing. While 4e does prevent, to an extent, further development of 3.5, it does not prevent anyone from playing it. 4e not getting made, on the other hand, would definitely involve people not having been able to play it <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WalterKovacs, post: 4552822, member: 63763"] At the same time, while it may be a legitimate complaint, it's also a bit unrealistic. Ultimately, they would want as wide of an audience as possible for a new edition. This means: (A) Release it earlier enough that people getting "tired" of the older system have not yet stopped playing altogether (B) It is different enough from the old system to be an alternative A fixed version of 3.5 wouldn't be enough change for people that have issues with some of the fundamental elements of 3.5, and it would need to both be a big enough change from 3.5 to encourage players that like 3.5 to update ... but then they risk changing things they actually like about the game. Ultimately, 4e does not cause 3.5 to stop existing, nor did it get rid of 3, or it get rid of 2, etc, etc, etc ... people have the option to use the older editions, or the newer editions. Another patch of 3.5 wouldn't be a new edition, it would be more rules added to the same thing. Considering one of the complaints levied against 4e is the lack of options ... having more editions to pick from is a good thing. While 4e does prevent, to an extent, further development of 3.5, it does not prevent anyone from playing it. 4e not getting made, on the other hand, would definitely involve people not having been able to play it ;). [/QUOTE]

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