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<blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3813389" data-attributes="member: 53"><p>Yes. People have forgotten it was out there.</p><p></p><p>I do think there is at least one major difference between 3E & 4E. 3E had such a strong buzz at sites like Eric's because a significant amount of interest came from lapsed D&D players. Look at all the 2nd edition disappointed you hear from long-time players. That group of disaffected players were looking forward to a radical departure from AD&D and when 2nd edition didn't give it to them they wandered to other systems.</p><p></p><p>Why isn't that same group there? Likely because they are more things distracting that crowd (WoW, for example) and because there are more options. 3E is pretty modular, and there is lots of room for adding and tweaking. Because of the OGL, you don't have to do that work for yourself. There are plenty of complete alternative systems and subsystems floating around.</p><p></p><p>Indeed, those extra systems is probably an additional reason why WotC needs to break significantly from 3.5 and make it something that addresses foundational shortcomings of 3.5. Shortcomings that are on the surface are easy enough to tweak that someone else has probably done it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glyfair, post: 3813389, member: 53"] Yes. People have forgotten it was out there. I do think there is at least one major difference between 3E & 4E. 3E had such a strong buzz at sites like Eric's because a significant amount of interest came from lapsed D&D players. Look at all the 2nd edition disappointed you hear from long-time players. That group of disaffected players were looking forward to a radical departure from AD&D and when 2nd edition didn't give it to them they wandered to other systems. Why isn't that same group there? Likely because they are more things distracting that crowd (WoW, for example) and because there are more options. 3E is pretty modular, and there is lots of room for adding and tweaking. Because of the OGL, you don't have to do that work for yourself. There are plenty of complete alternative systems and subsystems floating around. Indeed, those extra systems is probably an additional reason why WotC needs to break significantly from 3.5 and make it something that addresses foundational shortcomings of 3.5. Shortcomings that are on the surface are easy enough to tweak that someone else has probably done it. [/QUOTE]
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