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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jbear" data-source="post: 5082931" data-attributes="member: 75065">I have only read pages 1,2 and 6 but generally it seems that the answer to the question is no. Which is quite interesting. I have a feeling WoTC has responded on several issues to try and get fans of other editions that had complaints about 4e on board (Bards, Half-Orcs, Druids, Gnomes and Barbarians for example were quickly brought into the game in the PHB2 and 'fluff' is far more prevalent in all the most recent releases... ). The Hybrid rules seems to be another example of this as it allows for a massively diverse range of character concepts, especially considering you can still multi-class as a hybrid character as well. Dark Sun being the new setting seems to have raised a lot of positive passion and enthusiasm from many 1e veterans.  Nevertheless I get the feeling that from page 1 to page 6 most people have expressed a fairly calm and definitive 'No, I've moved on and nothing is going to change that'. This makes the Essentials line, which doesn't seem to be targeted at verterans of any edition, and especially not those who have tried 4e and rejected it, a fairly smart move in terms of 4e survival. It leads me to suspect that WoTC is aware that the boat has sailed for many people and energy is best spent aimed at new players as opposed to banging the proverbial head against the wall trying to convince those who are uninterested.</blockquote>