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<blockquote data-quote="cinderember" data-source="post: 4428580" data-attributes="member: 28285">Ok, I have been playing D&amp;D for 30 years. When 3.0 came out, I was on-board 100%. I even did a lot of freelance work for d20 for MEG, Sword &amp; Sorcery, and Bastion Press. I intended to give 4e the same support. The only problem is: 4E is not, in my opinion, an acceptable form of D&amp;D.&nbsp;And people are toting &quot;Why can't we all just get along?&quot;....that is a bunch of hippy nonsense. Wake up and smell the napalm! These two systems cannot co-exist for several reasons:&nbsp;1.&nbsp; &nbsp; The RPG market is just too small to support two versions of D&amp;D. One version struggles enough as it is. D&amp;D has had a rocky marketing history. DO you really think you can split it in two and get two viable markets? Be realistic and look at marketing history!2.&nbsp; &nbsp; History also shows that two RPG versions of the same genre eventually succumb to one or the other (sure some may linger, but are they really viable?). Pathfinder already has a large fanbase that grows daily, and it comes from the CORE of an established system. D&amp;D 4e is edging themselves to the fringe, and out of existence.3.&nbsp; &nbsp; HASBRO wants D&amp;D to make money. If a goodly percentage of previous gamers do NOT go with the new product, don’t you think the axe is in its future? Again, be realistic, HASBRO views D&amp;D as a minor product to begin with (take a look at there board meeting transcripts and you can see whats important to them). DO you HONESTLY think if Pathfinder does well that D&amp;D won’t be axed? It might be axed regardless, but Pathfinder sure is not helping.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cinderember, post: 4428580, member: 28285"] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]Ok, I have been playing D&D for 30 years. When 3.0 came out, I was on-board 100%. I even did a lot of freelance work for d20 for MEG, Sword & Sorcery, and Bastion Press. I intended to give 4e the same support. The only problem is: 4E is not, in my opinion, an acceptable form of D&D.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]And people are toting "Why can't we all just get along?"....that is a bunch of hippy nonsense. Wake up and smell the napalm! These two systems cannot co-exist for several reasons:[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]1. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]The RPG market is just too small to support two versions of D&D. One version struggles enough as it is. D&D has had a rocky marketing history. DO you really think you can split it in two and get two viable markets? Be realistic and look at marketing history![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]2. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana] History also shows that two RPG versions of the same genre eventually succumb to one or the other (sure some may linger, but are they really viable?). Pathfinder already has a large fanbase that grows daily, and it comes from the CORE of an established system. D&D 4e is edging themselves to the fringe, and out of existence.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]3. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=white][FONT=Verdana]HASBRO wants D&D to make money. If a goodly percentage of previous gamers do NOT go with the new product, don’t you think the axe is in its future? Again, be realistic, HASBRO views D&D as a minor product to begin with (take a look at there board meeting transcripts and you can see whats important to them). DO you HONESTLY think if Pathfinder does well that D&D won’t be axed? It might be axed regardless, but Pathfinder sure is not helping.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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