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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 5371370" data-attributes="member: 957">I was a one of the minority of voices supporting the basic idea of 4E the day it was announced.&nbsp; Mostly we had the typical cliched &quot;new edition money grubbers&quot; screams before anyone knew anything AT ALL about what 4E would look like.&nbsp; As much as I love 3E, I wasn't looking for 3.75 out of 4E.BUT, I strongly think that the root philosophy of 3E has a better foundation of appeal than the approach that 4E embraced.&nbsp;But most of us already have shelves of 3E material, so I don't think that is a completely valid assessment.&nbsp; I certainly am spending less money on gaming than I was during 3E.&nbsp; So when people talk about &quot;the industry in decline&quot; perhaps my case is sufficiently common to be significant.If WotC had made a new game that still embraced my standards, I'd probably still be spending just like I was before.&nbsp; And happily so.&nbsp; Certainly, but WotC has gone from being the foundation of a big boom that was actually criticized for being so successful that OGL clones were hurting other development to being, as you out it, a &quot;niche&quot;.I 100% agree that they serve their niche REAL well.&nbsp; 4E is awesome at being what it set out to be.&nbsp; But, it is still just a niche now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 5371370, member: 957"] I was a one of the minority of voices supporting the basic idea of 4E the day it was announced. Mostly we had the typical cliched "new edition money grubbers" screams before anyone knew anything AT ALL about what 4E would look like. As much as I love 3E, I wasn't looking for 3.75 out of 4E. BUT, I strongly think that the root philosophy of 3E has a better foundation of appeal than the approach that 4E embraced. But most of us already have shelves of 3E material, so I don't think that is a completely valid assessment. I certainly am spending less money on gaming than I was during 3E. So when people talk about "the industry in decline" perhaps my case is sufficiently common to be significant. If WotC had made a new game that still embraced my standards, I'd probably still be spending just like I was before. And happily so. Certainly, but WotC has gone from being the foundation of a big boom that was actually criticized for being so successful that OGL clones were hurting other development to being, as you out it, a "niche". I 100% agree that they serve their niche REAL well. 4E is awesome at being what it set out to be. But, it is still just a niche now. [/QUOTE]

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