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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 5291249" data-attributes="member: 59057">When 3.5 arrived i was not annoyed, because of new printing of the books, there were different issues:good:- better class design- better feat design- complete books were so much better than x and x splat books- some spells were balanced betterbad:- spells were shuffeled to different schools- spells lost their versatility/were broken up into different spells- use of minis was more encouraged- many spells got a saving throw which had none before- still errorsand most important:using 3.0 material had terrible effects:- feats could be combined to unbalanced effects- PrC (after you redid the requirements) combined into unbalanced effects- spells from splatbooks were unbalanced within the new spell categorizationall in all, your old crunch material was COMPLETELY USELESS, as using it was a real gamble. You usually ended unbalanced, to one side or the other...and from a marketing point of view:- many classes were not updated at all- many classes were updated in newer splatbooks, and you had to pay for it- many spells were updated, and you had to pay for itAnd what is the difference in 4e?- older material is not useless, we at least have a document with all changes listed. A bit more effort, but no investment to be up to date.- a small number of changes in spells compared to 3.0 - 3.5- small updates to classes, old classes are still viableCall it 4.5 or whatever you like. Maybe I call it 4.5 myself.Why? Because I wholeheartedly believe updating a game is the most important part of customer service. Back in the days we had houserules and options. Today we have a living system that updates every Month to make DM´s life better.And actually, Wizards does a great job of updating. Tell me which other game is willing to patch their game that regularly?Hmmh, maybe I consider calling essentials: 4e expansion set.Like Broodwar, SC1 was perfectly playable before. Now, after 10 Years it was the most popular RtS. Why? Because of patch support and designers willing to tweak as needed.Is D&D like a computer game now? Yes. And it is good that way!</blockquote>

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