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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5980199" data-attributes="member: 19675">&quot;You can't please everyone.&quot;&nbsp; It's an old saying, but one that seems to be a pretty solid observation.&nbsp; Another take on it- a good compromise leaves everyone equally dissatisfied.Again, I'm not afraid of innovation or change*, and recognize any edition with a stated design goal of reuniting the fan base will not be drawing from only one source.&nbsp; And because of that, despite it's goal, 5Ed will still drive some away.But i will not gleefully welcome a call for the wholesale divorce from the game's foundations.&nbsp; There are already other FRPGs out there, I don't need D&amp;D to find otherness by the sacrifice of its own identity.As for &quot;enough of an improvement&quot;...well, that is entirely subjective, and not an easy target to aim for.&nbsp; The mere fact of being the one edition in production- assuming WotC continues to avoid risking sales cannibalism- will help drive sales.* if I were, 3.5Ed would not be my preferred edition of the game, having come into the hobby in 1977.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5980199, member: 19675"] "You can't please everyone." It's an old saying, but one that seems to be a pretty solid observation. Another take on it- a good compromise leaves everyone equally dissatisfied. Again, I'm not afraid of innovation or change*, and recognize any edition with a stated design goal of reuniting the fan base will not be drawing from only one source. And because of that, despite it's goal, 5Ed will still drive some away. But i will not gleefully welcome a call for the wholesale divorce from the game's foundations. There are already other FRPGs out there, I don't need D&D to find otherness by the sacrifice of its own identity. As for "enough of an improvement"...well, that is entirely subjective, and not an easy target to aim for. The mere fact of being the one edition in production- assuming WotC continues to avoid risking sales cannibalism- will help drive sales. * if I were, 3.5Ed would not be my preferred edition of the game, having come into the hobby in 1977. [/QUOTE]

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