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<blockquote data-quote="Korgoth" data-source="post: 4531307" data-attributes="member: 49613"><p>This is an excellent point.</p><p></p><p>I was following 4E with some interest. Not because I expect all of the sudden to convert from old school back to new school gaming, but because I have owned just about every edition of D&D produced and I was interested to understand what they were doing with the game and how it would turn out.</p><p></p><p>Then there was that fateful line in the podcast about the MM: we're holding back frost giants and some others so that people will want to buy MM2 (paraphrase). And then seeing that basic staples of D&D fantasy like the animate dead spell were removed from the PHB (that spell has been in every edition! it's a classic!).</p><p></p><p>I don't have a huge amount of money to waste on hobbies. And the money I do have faces stiff competition: not only role playing games, but historical miniatures as well (WW2 and ancient/medieval). And boardgames. So my entertainment budget is precious.</p><p></p><p>Now, when I look at the various contenders, I see some who are saying "We've made the best darn product possible, because we aim to totally blow your socks off!" And then I see WOTC saying "We made sure not to make our product too good, because we're hoping that you find our core books a good but ultimately inadequate taste and will be compelled to buy future products indefinitely in the hopes of ultimately finding our product line satisfactory." Gee... I wonder who's going to win that contest? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Korgoth, post: 4531307, member: 49613"] This is an excellent point. I was following 4E with some interest. Not because I expect all of the sudden to convert from old school back to new school gaming, but because I have owned just about every edition of D&D produced and I was interested to understand what they were doing with the game and how it would turn out. Then there was that fateful line in the podcast about the MM: we're holding back frost giants and some others so that people will want to buy MM2 (paraphrase). And then seeing that basic staples of D&D fantasy like the animate dead spell were removed from the PHB (that spell has been in every edition! it's a classic!). I don't have a huge amount of money to waste on hobbies. And the money I do have faces stiff competition: not only role playing games, but historical miniatures as well (WW2 and ancient/medieval). And boardgames. So my entertainment budget is precious. Now, when I look at the various contenders, I see some who are saying "We've made the best darn product possible, because we aim to totally blow your socks off!" And then I see WOTC saying "We made sure not to make our product too good, because we're hoping that you find our core books a good but ultimately inadequate taste and will be compelled to buy future products indefinitely in the hopes of ultimately finding our product line satisfactory." Gee... I wonder who's going to win that contest? :hmm: [/QUOTE]
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