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<blockquote data-quote="Vradna" data-source="post: 4024659" data-attributes="member: 21102">I have Asperger's syndrome, it seems.I realize that this quoted post is two or three pages old, but It helped me identify why I have some misgivings about the apparent future of D&amp;D.Previous editions have had problems.&nbsp; I agree and kudos to the designers of 3rd Edition for not hiding this.&nbsp; These reason(s) why previous editions had problems appear to be many and varied, but the official stance is that previous editions had problems and 4E will be fun.My trouble coping with this candor is that I have lost confidence in the producers of the game to produce something that will still be around in a few years.&nbsp; I am sure that the producers of D&amp;D will make 4th Edition quite fun, but my fear is that in a few short years, 4th Edition will be cast in the light that it too, had 'problems' that that I should consider playing 5th Edition.I believe 3 edition upgrades in just under a decade (2 to 3, 3 to 3.5 and 3.5 to 4th in less than 10 years) is too much for me to bear in a a pen and paper game.&nbsp; Were D&amp;D a computer game, I would not a see a problem with that because the impact is a lot smaller.&nbsp; I simply do not want to continually upgrade my game system if right or wrong, new editions are popping out every few years.Thus,&nbsp; I am now quite content to watch, wait and see if 4th Edition has any staying power or if it time to move on....Or if someone wants to prove to me that my money is well invested in 4th Edition as a stable, well-thought, thoroughly playtested and concise rule-set which can be added to by splat books but will not bog down like a Lappy 486 trying to run a LOTRO Private Server, or be superseded by 4.X Edition, but something completely new (and not relatively soon;&nbsp; I want something that is going to last at least 4 years), I am all ears.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vradna, post: 4024659, member: 21102"] [b]I have Asperger's syndrome, it seems.[/b] I realize that this quoted post is two or three pages old, but It helped me identify why I have some misgivings about the apparent future of D&D. Previous editions have had problems. I agree and kudos to the designers of 3rd Edition for not hiding this. These reason(s) why previous editions had problems appear to be many and varied, but the official stance is that previous editions had problems and 4E will be fun. My trouble coping with this candor is that I have lost confidence in the producers of the game to produce something that will still be around in a few years. I am sure that the producers of D&D will make 4th Edition quite fun, but my fear is that in a few short years, 4th Edition will be cast in the light that it too, had 'problems' that that I should consider playing 5th Edition. I believe 3 edition upgrades in just under a decade (2 to 3, 3 to 3.5 and 3.5 to 4th in less than 10 years) is too much for me to bear in a a pen and paper game. Were D&D a computer game, I would not a see a problem with that because the impact is a lot smaller. I simply do not want to continually upgrade my game system [I]if[/I] right or wrong, new editions are popping out every few years. Thus, I am now quite content to watch, wait and see if 4th Edition has any staying power or if it time to move on....Or if someone wants to prove to me that my money is well invested in 4th Edition as a stable, well-thought, thoroughly playtested and concise rule-set which can be added to by splat books but will not bog down like a Lappy 486 trying to run a LOTRO Private Server, or be superseded by 4.X Edition, but something completely new (and not relatively soon; I want something that is going to last at least 4 years), I am all ears. [/QUOTE]

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