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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5354750" data-attributes="member: 59082">Not at all. I'm a big proponent of "game evolution" and tend to take the view that each new edition of D&D has been superior to the edition before it. And I actually like the new elements that Essentials has brought, I just don't like the format, as I have explained in various ways.I would rather have seen WotC simplify the Essentials line even further and make it a true line for newbies, while coming out with a Player's Handbook 4 that includes the new material for the Heroes books, and then a revised and expanded Player's Handbook with updated and errata-ed material.All of which I agree with. Here is where we disagree. While Essentials is not the same as 3.5, I don't think it is "completely different," and part of the perceived lessening of difference is because of two factors: seemingly successful marketing and seemingly greater backwards compatibility.  As with all WotC books, I'm picking and choosing my purchases with Essentials, although buying less than I usually do. I did buy the Red Box but gave it to my nephew as it had no utility for me and I wanted to get him it anyway; I bought Rules Compendium and like it; the first Heroes book and would have been happy just to wait for the DDI update. I won't get the second Heroes book or the DM's Kit, and am still undecided on Monster Vault and Class Compendium, although am leaning away from both of them. So that leaves me with one Essentials book that is a keeper for me. Regular purchasing will commence again with Heroes of Shadow, Mordenkainen's, Shadowfell, etc.</blockquote>

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