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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Najo" data-source="post: 3997869" data-attributes="member: 9959">His math is correct. The 35.77% are current fans who like the changes. Either at 3e or 4e, they are on board with Forgotten Realms. There are 11% who are now considering playing the realms and like the changes who didn't like the realms previously. There are nearly 30% though who liked the way it was and do not like they changes. The rest essentially do not care either way. So, that means before 4e 65.77% of the enworld users polled like Forgotten Realms, while only 46.77% like the new realms. According to this poll, WOTC hurt the setting's core market.Now, will the new Forgotten Realms apply more or less to either group after we know more? That is a wait and see. Will the new Forgotten Realms draw in new players? Doubtful, but who knows.Personally, my gut is that WOTC made one mistake with the new edition of Forgotten Realms. Forgotten Realms needed an easier entry point and it needed some re-focusing for DMs and players to start playing. I also think it needed some clean up on gods, magic and heroes. I even think some of the things they did to do it are fine. The key though, is the Realms had a soul to it that was guided and nurtured by Ed Greenwood. This spirit of Forgotten Realms is rich with lore, life and gives the realms a depth of realism and mythic scope that its fans love. The characters and locales were tied to this soul. WOTC may have snuffed some of that soul out when they made these changes, which is why the negative reaction of the long term fans who loved the Realms for its spirit. WOTC should have worked harder to keep that soul intact while making the changes to the setting that needed to be done. Hopefully those things are in there, but as of now, it isn't looking that way, and that is why the fans are upset.</blockquote>

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