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<blockquote data-quote="cougent" data-source="post: 3923452" data-attributes="member: 48665"><p>I started out firmly in the "No way in hell will I buy it" camp, but have since packed up my tent and moved to "fence sitterville" instead.</p><p></p><p>The only thing I know right now is that I will be waiting until about this time next year to decide. I will be reading the new books at my LGS as much as I can starting in June, but I am not buying anything until I have read them and seen reviews from others, and play test reports from other than WotC employees... I mean really, are you going to tell the guy who signs your paycheck that this new [whatever] really sucks?</p><p></p><p>I am a serious doubter for the DI, or DnDI, or whatever acronym it is this week <strong>BUT</strong> I hope to be proven wrong. If it does <strong>all</strong> that it is billed to do and if it is $10 a month... then sign me up! My fear is that it will not do nearly what they claim it will do, or that it will be $20 a month or more either of which will be a deal breaker for me.</p><p></p><p>I like the idea of faster play and better rules, not just easier but truly better. I like the idea of no sweet spot and math that works all the way to level 30. I like many of the "ideas" of 4E, but I also want to see them in action and not just hear how great they are from [payrolled] testers.</p><p></p><p>Their are things that I just don't like also... PHB, MM, DMG every year "seems" like a money grab more than a real benefit to the game. Is there really going to be SO much new material they couldn't put it in 1 book? Even one over sized book at more than $40 but significantly less than $120? I like a world setting, and "points of light" just doesn't a world make for me, I am not stuck on Greyhawk, but I want a campaign world that is more mapped than unmapped. This may be easily solved by going the FR route, but I would prefer it in core as well. From what has been discussed thus far, the whole premise seems much darker than I like as well. I may be a stodgy old foagie but I like playing good heroes against an evil villain, not quasi-evil heroes against other even more evil villains, just not my idea of fun.</p><p>[Reminds me too much of a real life corporate job]</p><p></p><p>So here on the fence be I. I neither loathe nor love the game so far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cougent, post: 3923452, member: 48665"] I started out firmly in the "No way in hell will I buy it" camp, but have since packed up my tent and moved to "fence sitterville" instead. The only thing I know right now is that I will be waiting until about this time next year to decide. I will be reading the new books at my LGS as much as I can starting in June, but I am not buying anything until I have read them and seen reviews from others, and play test reports from other than WotC employees... I mean really, are you going to tell the guy who signs your paycheck that this new [whatever] really sucks? I am a serious doubter for the DI, or DnDI, or whatever acronym it is this week [b]BUT[/b] I hope to be proven wrong. If it does [b]all[/b] that it is billed to do and if it is $10 a month... then sign me up! My fear is that it will not do nearly what they claim it will do, or that it will be $20 a month or more either of which will be a deal breaker for me. I like the idea of faster play and better rules, not just easier but truly better. I like the idea of no sweet spot and math that works all the way to level 30. I like many of the "ideas" of 4E, but I also want to see them in action and not just hear how great they are from [payrolled] testers. Their are things that I just don't like also... PHB, MM, DMG every year "seems" like a money grab more than a real benefit to the game. Is there really going to be SO much new material they couldn't put it in 1 book? Even one over sized book at more than $40 but significantly less than $120? I like a world setting, and "points of light" just doesn't a world make for me, I am not stuck on Greyhawk, but I want a campaign world that is more mapped than unmapped. This may be easily solved by going the FR route, but I would prefer it in core as well. From what has been discussed thus far, the whole premise seems much darker than I like as well. I may be a stodgy old foagie but I like playing good heroes against an evil villain, not quasi-evil heroes against other even more evil villains, just not my idea of fun. [Reminds me too much of a real life corporate job] So here on the fence be I. I neither loathe nor love the game so far. [/QUOTE]
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