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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Boots" data-source="post: 5346955" data-attributes="member: 92239">I'd say try essentials as a one off three or four session experiment.&nbsp;No opinion on these forums provided by anyone not in your group is going to give you a firm answer you can hang your hat on.&nbsp; To be honest, when I first heard of essentials, I was really rather annoyed at WoTC and considered ditching D&amp;D completely because I want a course chosen to remain straight for longer than a couple years.&nbsp; I've since relented because that response was silly and illogical.&nbsp;What I can speak of is my own group. I've been running 4e since March 2010. Like many others I have one player who hates 4e and depending on his greater mood, his feelings along the hate paradigm vary from eh, I'll keep on truckin' to &quot;no I hate this.&quot;&nbsp;I bought essentials to attempt to help him enjoy the game. I care about my friends' enjoyment. Truth is though that 3.5 D&amp;D is no longer supported, it's not coming back and while I do expect that newer products will attempt to capture the magic of earlier editions, the damage caused by WoTC stating &quot;sorry our bad, lets pretend 4 didn't exist&quot; will be severe.&nbsp;There are plenty who like 4e. People who decide not to like 4e need to play other games or adapt/grow up as appropriate. The &quot;will something win us back&quot; threads and the &quot;edition wars&quot; threads need to be stopped. They're annoying to many of us.&nbsp;No offense to the OP though, fair question to ask and likely that he or she is not as annoyed as I am with the continual blight spell cast on the 4e forum.&nbsp;Thanks, KB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kobold Boots, post: 5346955, member: 92239"] I'd say try essentials as a one off three or four session experiment. No opinion on these forums provided by anyone not in your group is going to give you a firm answer you can hang your hat on. To be honest, when I first heard of essentials, I was really rather annoyed at WoTC and considered ditching D&D completely because I want a course chosen to remain straight for longer than a couple years. I've since relented because that response was silly and illogical. What I can speak of is my own group. I've been running 4e since March 2010. Like many others I have one player who hates 4e and depending on his greater mood, his feelings along the hate paradigm vary from eh, I'll keep on truckin' to "no I hate this." I bought essentials to attempt to help him enjoy the game. I care about my friends' enjoyment. Truth is though that 3.5 D&D is no longer supported, it's not coming back and while I do expect that newer products will attempt to capture the magic of earlier editions, the damage caused by WoTC stating "sorry our bad, lets pretend 4 didn't exist" will be severe. There are plenty who like 4e. People who decide not to like 4e need to play other games or adapt/grow up as appropriate. The "will something win us back" threads and the "edition wars" threads need to be stopped. They're annoying to many of us. No offense to the OP though, fair question to ask and likely that he or she is not as annoyed as I am with the continual blight spell cast on the 4e forum. Thanks, KB [/QUOTE]

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