Changeover Poll

[Daijin]

All 18 of us changed over to 4E

 

[Treebore]

I am now in the "Tried 4E for a couple of months, went back to what I was doing" option.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I voted "No Change: Never tried 4E, all earlier edition play" but to be fair I bought the 4e core books the day they were released, took a look through all three, and decided I preferred 3.5e.

That would describe me, and, but for the "bought the books" language, my group as well.

As for the poll itself, it looks so far like the percentages haven't changed.

(Yes, I know, "small sample." That's why I said "so far.")

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

I considered putting in a further option: Irrelevant: No D&D played now (or, something along the lines of that.)
But I felt it would compromise the poll, since that was not an option in the first Changeover Poll 6 months ago.
No, basically I am stuck with going with the exact same options as last time, and wishing for the thousand votes I got last time.

I see 74 votes up there. Those votes came in a hurry. So, there is real hope of getting to the 1,000 votes? I hope so.

A pattern is emerging similar to the pattern in the first Changeover Poll.
There is a large group that is all 4E, and a large group that falls in the No Changeover category.
But I see a difference, too. There are more votes in the middle, this time.

The extremely preliminary results?

Changover: 28%
No Changeover: 55%
Partial Changeover: 17%

 

[Woas]

I didn't vote as my choice isn't on the poll.

Other: Complete Change Over: No more D&D at all, regardless of edition.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

I didn't vote as my choice isn't on the poll.

Other: Complete Change Over: No more D&D at all, regardless of edition.

Again, my regrets. I considered putting that option in, but couldn't for the sake of consistency - it wasn't a choice in the first Changeover Poll.

A poll regarding how many people have left the Hobby, or partially left the Hobby, or gone over to other areas of the Hobby (for example, giving up face-to-face D&D for computer D&D games) ... and why the change, what prompted the change ... is something I'd have to do separately.
And such a poll would generate strong emotions, the kind I don't want to start, don't want to cause.

I don't know what to tell you, if you no longer play D&D, and don't know how to vote in this poll ... but you still want to vote in this poll.
Frankly, I don't know how I'd vote if I were you, either. I guess it's up to you to decide the matter (helpless look.)

I mean, you could vote based on what game you'd play if you returned to D&D. Or you could vote based on what type of D&D you played before you stopped playing. I can only offer suggestions. It's up to you, here.

 

[Darkwolf71]

Tried 4e. I ran the UGT through KotS and we decided as a group that the new game was not for us. We are back to 3.5 and may or may not try Pathfinder when it is finalized.

 

[RefinedBean]

Completely converted over to 4E, although I can play any system so long as I have the right people.

This probably holds true for most people on ENworld, hatred for [insert edition here] not withstanding.

 

[Greg K]

I voted No Change: Never tried 4e. Earlier edition play.

I did the read rules and watch a couple of playtest sessions. I even started to take part in a playtest, but walked out shortly after it began. Most of the mechanical changes and the 4e design philosophy are, imo, worse than the actual problems that I have with 3e (most of which I can fix with UA, a few third party products, and a couple of houserules).

 

[Hussar]

Still in the middle of a Savage Tide campaign, so, no changeover for me. Haven't played 4e either.