It seems like most of the posts attempting to directly refute me come down too "just because you don't like it..."
Hell, I never even said I didn't like it. In point of fact, there are aspects of it I rather do like. I'm currently running a campaign using it, and having fun doing so. It plays fast, bounded accuracy and the more grounded save DCs really do their jobs...
The point I'm making is the game is trying to cut through the middle of two viewpoints that are effectively incompatible. There's a reason Pathfinder is doing so well when no other fantasy RPG before it has had much staying power, and there's a reason 4E is being shelved. Whether or not you agree with those reasons, or even agree on what those reasons are, it's a simple undeniable fact that D&DN has to cover a lot of ground if it's going to bring everyone back into the fold.
I'm not saying that D&DN is bad. I'm not everyone hates D&DN. I'm saying that attempting to play the middle ground is going to leave a lot of people on the fence as far as how they feel about it. If a Pathfinder fan only likes half the game and can take or leave the other half, he's likely to stick with Pathfinder... especially considering, as many have said, it is the single most well supported game in RPG history. This leaves the 4E crowd to pick up the slack, and that'll be forced through lack of support. Even then, a significant number of them may well stick with 4E just as there are a good number of pre-3E folks out there.
If the 4E numbers weren't enough to support 4E, is it really likely that a large portion of the 4E converts and a small portion of the PF converts are going to be enough?
Picking sides may well be silly, [MENTION=2067]Kamikaze Midget[/MENTION], but it's a fact that at some point we all will pick sides, unless you're in the business of supporting Wizards for Wizard's sake. Tribalism, as you referred too it, is a fact, whether you would have it so or not. I didn't create it by making this thread, I did not ask people to join the PF army and help me fight off Wizards. No amount of hand holding and kumbiya singing is going to change the fact that people have preferences. You're not going make a PF player like 4e by appealing to their sense of gamer unity... and what this comes down too is that D&DN needs a larger market share, and I don't see it getting one by trying to please everyone.