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<blockquote data-quote="YourSwordIsMine" data-source="post: 5230492" data-attributes="member: 19381">One of my purposes for starting this thread was my curiosity in the Essentials product line; intent, direction, target and necessity.Target I get. Its target is to new players to the D&amp;D game. That's something I can get behind completely as I've felt they've needed said product line since 3.x. It's about time WoTC is finally putting one out. I guess where I find my confusion is with Intent and necessity. Intent seems pretty straight forward and ties in with targeting&nbsp; but then it kind of rolls into necessity as well... How much of the line is new material, how much of it is going to be needed by existing players and is this the new face of 4e's (i.e. 4.5 in a non-4.5 skin) life cycle? The Rules Compendium product is what really has me the most confused. If the Essentials line is meant to be a gateway into 4e that will tie seamlessly into the existing rules then why reprint the entirety of the rules again? Will this contain all the up to date errata? Is this going to become mandatory&nbsp; for all players of 4e, new and existing alike?&nbsp; Is this a sign that 4e is at the end of its life expectancy like when they released the 3.5 Rules Compendium before the 4e launch?I know the Essentials release is still a few months off so we wont know more until closer/after launch... (not trying to start a flame/edition war, I'm just very confused/curious)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="YourSwordIsMine, post: 5230492, member: 19381"] One of my purposes for starting this thread was my curiosity in the Essentials product line; intent, direction, target and necessity. Target I get. Its target is to new players to the D&D game. That's something I can get behind completely as I've felt they've needed said product line since 3.x. It's about time WoTC is finally putting one out. I guess where I find my confusion is with Intent and necessity. Intent seems pretty straight forward and ties in with targeting but then it kind of rolls into necessity as well... How much of the line is new material, how much of it is going to be needed by existing players and is this the new face of 4e's (i.e. 4.5 in a non-4.5 skin) life cycle? The Rules Compendium product is what really has me the most confused. If the Essentials line is meant to be a gateway into 4e that will tie seamlessly into the existing rules then why reprint the entirety of the rules again? Will this contain all the up to date errata? Is this going to become mandatory for all players of 4e, new and existing alike? Is this a sign that 4e is at the end of its life expectancy like when they released the 3.5 Rules Compendium before the 4e launch? I know the Essentials release is still a few months off so we wont know more until closer/after launch... (not trying to start a flame/edition war, I'm just very confused/curious) [/QUOTE]

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