Dislike 4E? You can write off 5E
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In before the thread gets closed. This is going to get ugly fast.
Anyways, I really hope they're not all ready putting the groundwork in for 5e. Considering how much it torpedoed things to have a new edition after 8 years, having a new edition even LESS than that isn't going to win them any friends, especially since they're putting work into recruiting new players with the Essentials.
Anyways, I really hope they're not all ready putting the groundwork in for 5e. Considering how much it torpedoed things to have a new edition after 8 years, having a new edition even LESS than that isn't going to win them any friends, especially since they're putting work into recruiting new players with the Essentials.
AdmundfortGeographer
Getting lost in fantasy maps
I dunno, there's a chance.
It's happened often enough that an edition often will attempt to take cue's from earlier editions along with something said like, "we realize we lost something of what earlier editions did right, and we're trying to get some of [fill in the blank] back".
That doesn't need to be a devolution to get it "right".
It's happened often enough that an edition often will attempt to take cue's from earlier editions along with something said like, "we realize we lost something of what earlier editions did right, and we're trying to get some of [fill in the blank] back".
That doesn't need to be a devolution to get it "right".
Flatus Maximus
First Post
Yeesh. IbtL.
Mercurius
Legend
But of course they are thinking about 5E, and you know what? They should. If the idea is for Dungeons & Dragons to be an evolving game that becomes better and better (whether or not this is the case, is beside the point), then the designers should be tallying what works and what doesn't, and thinking about how to improve the game.
My guess is that WotC has occasional semi-formal meetings on "What should 5E look like?" If they don't, they should, but I highly doubt that they don't.
This doesn't mean 5E is around the corner, just that it is likely being built as 4E is fleshed out.
My guess is that WotC has occasional semi-formal meetings on "What should 5E look like?" If they don't, they should, but I highly doubt that they don't.
This doesn't mean 5E is around the corner, just that it is likely being built as 4E is fleshed out.
Nikosandros
Golden Procrastinator
Indeed, I'm also curious about this interview.What interview?...Got a Link?
GMforPowergamers
Legend
SteveC
Doing the best imitation of myself
Really?
No one has any idea about 5E yet, no matter what might be said in an interview, because it's not happening for years. I'd say there are a lot of factors that still have to be decided before we can say if 5E will be anything even remotely like previous editions. The notion that the next edition will be more evolutionary rather than revolutionary is something you always hear, because the designers who are working on 4E stuff actually like it...since they're right in the middle of designing it.
So there's no need for tears just quite yet...
No one has any idea about 5E yet, no matter what might be said in an interview, because it's not happening for years. I'd say there are a lot of factors that still have to be decided before we can say if 5E will be anything even remotely like previous editions. The notion that the next edition will be more evolutionary rather than revolutionary is something you always hear, because the designers who are working on 4E stuff actually like it...since they're right in the middle of designing it.
So there's no need for tears just quite yet...
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