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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5648201" data-attributes="member: 957">This ends up coming down to how you define your terms.Bypassing that, I'm convinced that a game that is more kindred in spirit with 3E will appeal to a much larger base than a game that is more kindred in spirit with 4E.&nbsp; That isn't to say that a 4E approach is anything approaching doomed or anything like that.&nbsp; And it isn't to say that a &quot;3Eish&quot; game wouldn't lose a chunk of what 4E has now.&nbsp; But the *prospective* fan footprint would be a lot better.Though you can't put the genie back in the bottle.&nbsp; I'm still convinced that 3E does a vastly better job of &quot;doing 4E&quot; than 4E does at &quot;doing 3E&quot;.&nbsp; But, obviously(!!), 4E is vastly better at 4E than 3E is.&nbsp; So 4E fans who used to be ok with 3E are much less likely to accept a 3E style now.&nbsp; And, a lot of 3E style fans are quite content for the time being.&nbsp; So, unless a 3E style 5E was so stunningly awesome as to be overwhelming, it probably would have a hard time being any better than what they already have.They have to play the hand they dealt themselves and the smart move, for now, is to STICK WITH 4E.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 5648201, member: 957"] This ends up coming down to how you define your terms. Bypassing that, I'm convinced that a game that is more kindred in spirit with 3E will appeal to a much larger base than a game that is more kindred in spirit with 4E. That isn't to say that a 4E approach is anything approaching doomed or anything like that. And it isn't to say that a "3Eish" game wouldn't lose a chunk of what 4E has now. But the *prospective* fan footprint would be a lot better. Though you can't put the genie back in the bottle. I'm still convinced that 3E does a vastly better job of "doing 4E" than 4E does at "doing 3E". But, obviously(!!), 4E is vastly better at 4E than 3E is. So 4E fans who used to be ok with 3E are much less likely to accept a 3E style now. And, a lot of 3E style fans are quite content for the time being. So, unless a 3E style 5E was so stunningly awesome as to be overwhelming, it probably would have a hard time being any better than what they already have. They have to play the hand they dealt themselves and the smart move, for now, is to STICK WITH 4E. [/QUOTE]

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