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<blockquote data-quote="Kobold Boots" data-source="post: 6046219" data-attributes="member: 92239">1. WoTC is not going to intentionally put out a game that stinks.&nbsp; 2. &quot;Stinks&quot; is relative and entirely dependent on what the requirements of the project are.3. Certain historical decisions create momentum in directions that are hard to recover from.The above said, at the moment the decision was made to go 4e, the sane business approach is to accept losses, build on the successes of 4e, and continue to work on the parts of the game that provide an advantage to the brand, and the customers choosing to play it.&nbsp; It's important to recognize and own mistakes if any were made; but more important to learn from the transition and not make more mistakes.1. Pathfinder is a fantastic game and has momentum.2. 4e is a fantastic game and had momentum.&nbsp; 3. 5e moving away from 4e and towards older properties is dumb as heck, because the brand isn't in a position to compete with Pathfinder in my opinion.&nbsp; It'll waste a LOT of money to do so and the results won't be good.I'm still asking myself these questions and it would do well for me to find answers to them:1. I've played all editions and have the books.&nbsp; I really like 4th edition.&nbsp; Why would I buy 5th if I've already played it?&nbsp; What's so awesome that I couldn't just home-brew it using existing properties.2. If it is going back to brass tacks.. why wouldn't I just play Pathfinder?I'll figure out the answers, just like everyone else will soon enough.&nbsp; It'll be fun.&nbsp; I just hope to heck this product isn't the death knell for the D&amp;D Brand.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kobold Boots, post: 6046219, member: 92239"] 1. WoTC is not going to intentionally put out a game that stinks. 2. "Stinks" is relative and entirely dependent on what the requirements of the project are. 3. Certain historical decisions create momentum in directions that are hard to recover from. The above said, at the moment the decision was made to go 4e, the sane business approach is to accept losses, build on the successes of 4e, and continue to work on the parts of the game that provide an advantage to the brand, and the customers choosing to play it. It's important to recognize and own mistakes if any were made; but more important to learn from the transition and not make more mistakes. 1. Pathfinder is a fantastic game and has momentum. 2. 4e is a fantastic game and had momentum. 3. 5e moving away from 4e and towards older properties is dumb as heck, because the brand isn't in a position to compete with Pathfinder in my opinion. It'll waste a LOT of money to do so and the results won't be good. I'm still asking myself these questions and it would do well for me to find answers to them: 1. I've played all editions and have the books. I really like 4th edition. Why would I buy 5th if I've already played it? What's so awesome that I couldn't just home-brew it using existing properties. 2. If it is going back to brass tacks.. why wouldn't I just play Pathfinder? I'll figure out the answers, just like everyone else will soon enough. It'll be fun. I just hope to heck this product isn't the death knell for the D&D Brand. [/QUOTE]

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