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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8817251" data-attributes="member: 7035894">What this thread is revealing to me is how much difficulty a lot of players are having letting go of the old editions paradigm, rather than Wizards of the Coast. It's one thing to be healthily skeptical, and another to just dig your heels in and say &quot;it has always been thus, and so it must always be thus.&quot;What if, just for a moment, we allow for the thought experiment: imagine that WotC actually means what they say, are basically happy with the 5e rules set, and want to abandon the old editions model that created schisms in their player base by expecting players to abandon their old stuff whole sale and purchase a new version of the game. Is that an impossibility? Because a lot of folks seem to be assuming that it is.Edit: WotC has good reasons, as they have explained at length, to want to get away from the old editions paradigm, which basically arose as a short term mechanism to save TSR from impending bankruptcy back in the 80s rather than from any genius, long term strategy. And though they haven't stated so directly, WotC has good financial reasons to junk the &quot;editions&quot; cycle for D&amp;D. A lot of them! It makes sense for them to want to get out of it! So I really don't understand why so many folks find the concept so utterly unbelievable. Grognards gotta grognard, I suppose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 8817251, member: 7035894"] What this thread is revealing to me is how much difficulty a lot of [I]players[/I] are having letting go of the old editions paradigm, rather than Wizards of the Coast. It's one thing to be healthily skeptical, and another to just dig your heels in and say "it has always been thus, and so it must always be thus." What if, just for a moment, we allow for the thought experiment: imagine that WotC [I]actually means what they say[/I], are basically happy with the 5e rules set, and want to abandon the old editions model that created schisms in their player base by expecting players to abandon their old stuff whole sale and purchase a new version of the game. Is that an [I]impossibility[/I]? Because a lot of folks seem to be assuming that it is. Edit: WotC has [I]good reasons[/I], as they have explained at length, to want to get away from the old editions paradigm, which basically arose as a short term mechanism to save TSR from impending bankruptcy back in the 80s rather than from any genius, long term strategy. And though they haven't stated so directly, WotC has good [I]financial[/I] reasons to junk the "editions" cycle for D&D. A lot of them! It makes sense for them to want to get out of it! So I really don't understand why so many folks find the concept so utterly unbelievable. Grognards gotta grognard, I suppose. [/QUOTE]

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