A new Edition/Iteration of D&D is really necessary?

[theredrobedwizard]

Thinking about superheroes, I wonder who owns the rights for the Marvel Superhero game? .

Margaret Weis Productions is putting out Marvel Superhero Roleplaying this year sometime.

-TRRW

 

[Nebulous]

I understand what you mean. but i thought that with the essentials line,the 4E had gained a new breath, and maybe another 2 or 3 years worth of products.

I think for a lot of people, it was too little too late, and it never mattered at all to the players that stuck to 3.5 and PF. No...WotC had to come up with a radical new edition to reunite lost gamers or probably suffer a slow death.

 

[delericho]

By the (totally unrealistic) expectations of Hasbro, 4e failed.

So, it was a simple choice: "new edition" or "cancellation". Which would you prefer?

 

[gloomhound]

Is a new Edition/Iteration of D&D is really necessary?

Yes, yes it is.

 

[Henry]

I'm sure you would've found plenty of players of BECMI who asked whether AD&D was "necessary" when that got released.

Other way around, actually.

Hell, there's probably some 1E player NOW who still questions whether 2E, 3E & 4E were "necessary".

In fact, many of them frequent ENWorld, and even more at Dragonsfoot. I can find people now who can't abide hit point rolls above 10th level, nor combat rounds that aren't a minute long.

 

[Scribble]

What else will we have to tell each other we're doing wrong if there isn't a new edition???

 

[Gryph]

I think the answer is yes.

My group has been playing 4e since it was released. For most of the group it is their only edition of D&D. We enjoy the game.

But, we've already started talking about house rules and deep structural changes to address what we see as significant issues with the game. The most troubling of which is the complexity of both characters (no one wants to build a character without DDI tools) and combat encounters.

We are looking forward to the public playtest and really hoping that the promise of a simpler core with optional complexity is fulfilled.

Without a new edition we are likely to drop D&D altogether for simpler games. We've already tried out The One Ring and Mouseguard and really enjoyed them. I could see us moving to Burning Wheel for base fantasy if D&D Next doesn't hit the design goals.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Necessary? No, but death and taxes aren't necessary either.

Wait, what? DEATH isn't necessary?!? Well, where the heck would we PUT all those people?!? They sure as heck ain't staying at my house!

And we'll just ignore the little thing that it would've rendered the whole 'survival of the fittest' part of evolution a bit moot, and thus we humans might not've been as advanced as we are now.

 

[Li Shenron]

A new edition is NOT necessary for the hobby (i.e. us), but apparently it is necessary for the business.

Those who think that a new edition is necessary because the game is b0rken and needs house rules, should take a moment and ask themselves how can they really believe that next edition won't be exactly the same? The game is broken only for those who want to break it, and they will break next edition as well. And if reeeaaallly needs house rules... you already made your own.

That said, more editions to me means more variety. We have various incarnations of OD&D and AD&D, four 3rd edition versions (3.0, 3.5, PF, C&C), regular 4th edition and Essentials, one more edition means hopefully a different game experience to choose from.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

By the (totally unrealistic) expectations of Hasbro, 4e failed.

So, it was a simple choice: "new edition" or "cancellation". Which would you prefer?

And again, it was a -borg that did it! Cyborg, Hasborg, Star Trek Borg...borg, they want to destroy life as we know it!

Will nobody act on these allegations which are totally unsupported by evidence and based on hearsay and internet rumors? What has the world come to???