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<blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 383810" data-attributes="member: 537">Re: Re: Re: back to the subject at hand...I think that given the extend of 3E's sales, the &quot;entire D&amp;D audience&quot; doesn't really mind the new halflings. Certainly the overall package seems to be doing quite well.Life's tough.This is a bit late, and complaining now isn't going to change things.Oh well.The only exclusionary attitude I've seen is on the part of certain persons who seem to feel WOTC pissed in their beer. To be honest, said persons would probably feel the same way unless 3E was a carbon copy of 2E. The fact is, however, given statements by some of the 3E designers to the effect that people didn't mind the changes they _did_ make, you should be glad that 3E keeps intact as many of the sacred cows as it does.Personally, I don't know of any. Nada. Zippo. Zilch. And before you point to the hordes of indignant gamers flooding dragonsfoot.org, I'll mention that it, like ENWorld, is also a tiny portion of the entire D&amp;D market. In fact, it's most likely even tinier.Nothing, probably. The only practical solution now is triage.Why doesn't someone on dragonsfoot.org do exactly that? With the OGL and SRD, there's nothing stopping you. You don't need WOTC to do it for you. Assuming you can even define what a &quot;1E feel&quot; is, bear in mind that you're asking them to develop and support two almost, but not quite entirely different rulesets, not just now but also for the foreseeable future. This isn't going to happen.If you want to play 2E, the best way to do it is to play 2E. There's still tons of material out there for it, and it isn't going to go away.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hong, post: 383810, member: 537"] [b]Re: Re: Re: back to the subject at hand...[/b] I think that given the extend of 3E's sales, the "entire D&D audience" doesn't really mind the new halflings. Certainly the overall package seems to be doing quite well. Life's tough. This is a bit late, and complaining now isn't going to change things. Oh well. The only exclusionary attitude I've seen is on the part of certain persons who seem to feel WOTC pissed in their beer. To be honest, said persons would probably feel the same way unless 3E was a carbon copy of 2E. The fact is, however, given statements by some of the 3E designers to the effect that people didn't mind the changes they _did_ make, you should be glad that 3E keeps intact as many of the sacred cows as it does. Personally, I don't know of any. Nada. Zippo. Zilch. And before you point to the hordes of indignant gamers flooding dragonsfoot.org, I'll mention that it, like ENWorld, is also a tiny portion of the entire D&D market. In fact, it's most likely even tinier. Nothing, probably. The only practical solution now is triage. Why doesn't someone on dragonsfoot.org do exactly that? With the OGL and SRD, there's nothing stopping you. You don't need WOTC to do it for you. Assuming you can even define what a "1E feel" is, bear in mind that you're asking them to develop and support two almost, but not quite entirely different rulesets, not just now but also for the foreseeable future. This isn't going to happen. If you want to play 2E, the best way to do it is to play 2E. There's still tons of material out there for it, and it isn't going to go away. [/QUOTE]

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