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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4423328" data-attributes="member: 18280"><p>I remember when I was complaining about prep time with 3e, and all sorts of folks -- many of the same folks now saying 4e is so much better because 3e prep time was hard -- told me that it was all in my head. Or, if I should claim that problem X was not a feature of edition Y, I was clearly looking through rose-coloured glasses. That's nostalgia, baby, not an accurate appraisal.</p><p></p><p>It's a little annoying. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>It's also what's going on with 4e right now. Right now 4e is bright bright shiny shiny new. A bunch of folks love it, which isn't a problem, but that love can blind them to system flaws that (I predict) they will jump onto the bandwagon of complaining about when it is cool to do so. Probably right about the time that 5e is announced. </p><p></p><p>The system flaws people are describing about 4e right now are, by and large, real.....as were the system flaws of 3e when it wasn't cool to discuss them.</p><p></p><p>The funny thing is that, somewhere between these two games, there is probably a really, really sweet spot that, if 4e was OGL, would be on the market by now. Indeed, if 4e was OGL, it would probably be in that sweet spot because the designers would <em>have to make it so</em> in order to prevent the competition from doing it.</p><p></p><p>I would not be surprised if 5e occupies that spot.</p><p></p><p></p><p>RC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 4423328, member: 18280"] I remember when I was complaining about prep time with 3e, and all sorts of folks -- many of the same folks now saying 4e is so much better because 3e prep time was hard -- told me that it was all in my head. Or, if I should claim that problem X was not a feature of edition Y, I was clearly looking through rose-coloured glasses. That's nostalgia, baby, not an accurate appraisal. It's a little annoying. ;) It's also what's going on with 4e right now. Right now 4e is bright bright shiny shiny new. A bunch of folks love it, which isn't a problem, but that love can blind them to system flaws that (I predict) they will jump onto the bandwagon of complaining about when it is cool to do so. Probably right about the time that 5e is announced. The system flaws people are describing about 4e right now are, by and large, real.....as were the system flaws of 3e when it wasn't cool to discuss them. The funny thing is that, somewhere between these two games, there is probably a really, really sweet spot that, if 4e was OGL, would be on the market by now. Indeed, if 4e was OGL, it would probably be in that sweet spot because the designers would [i]have to make it so[/i] in order to prevent the competition from doing it. I would not be surprised if 5e occupies that spot. RC [/QUOTE]
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