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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8806418" data-attributes="member: 22779">You call it progress.&nbsp; And, it is progress of a sort.&nbsp; But, it also creates massive barriers to play.&nbsp; Imagine trying to come into any TSR era setting cold.&nbsp; The absolute mountain of material for that setting is just so daunting that it's not worth it.&nbsp; So, what do you do?&nbsp; Continue to cater to an diminishing body of fans or reset the line to attract new fans?&nbsp; Well, WotC tried catering to the existing fans.&nbsp; That's what we got in 3e.&nbsp; Massive setting books, few adventures and mountains of canon.&nbsp; And, it doesn't work.&nbsp; All it does is drill the setting into the ground and make it less and less accessible as time goes on.So, we got 4e, where they tried doing an original setting and making that the default setting of D&amp;D.&nbsp; Well, that didn't work very well.Now, they can say that they listened to fans.&nbsp; You are getting the settings that you all wanted.&nbsp; You're getting your Planescape and Dragonlance and Ravenloft and whatnot.&nbsp; But, you're getting the reset versions of them.&nbsp; Not changed.&nbsp; Not altered.&nbsp; Set back to factory standard.&nbsp; This is what people wanted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8806418, member: 22779"] You call it progress. And, it is progress of a sort. But, it also creates massive barriers to play. Imagine trying to come into any TSR era setting cold. The absolute mountain of material for that setting is just so daunting that it's not worth it. So, what do you do? Continue to cater to an diminishing body of fans or reset the line to attract new fans? Well, WotC tried catering to the existing fans. That's what we got in 3e. Massive setting books, few adventures and mountains of canon. And, it doesn't work. All it does is drill the setting into the ground and make it less and less accessible as time goes on. So, we got 4e, where they tried doing an original setting and making that the default setting of D&D. Well, that didn't work very well. Now, they can say that they listened to fans. You are getting the settings that you all wanted. You're getting your Planescape and Dragonlance and Ravenloft and whatnot. But, you're getting the reset versions of them. Not changed. Not altered. Set back to factory standard. This is what people wanted. [/QUOTE]

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