D&D 4E How is the 4e announcement affecting your game groups?

[lissilambe]

I run two table-top groups and one online game. Of them, the online group hasn't talked about it as a whole much, but myself and one other player are pretty anti-4e. We're just not liking the overall changes. A few points here and there are cool, but it's not looking like our game.

My first group (both groups are old, old friends and long-time players) is composed of four other players, and we're all pretty much sticking with 3e. Granted, currently the campaign we play is Serenity actually, and we move around between systems with each campaign switch. But we like 3e (as much as any other system) and we all pretty much feel the same about the changes coming down the pike for 4e. Basically, it just doesn't seem like a game marketed toward us.

The second group is four players as well, and two are against 4e, and the other two like to game with us, and could care less for the system as long as we're having fun. Whether there's interest in 4e from those two players, I don't know. Maybe from the one, who has a pretty strong collector's instinct in that regard.

None of us are interested in the rules or flavor as it's being presented, nor desiring to buy more game books. So that's eight people not switching.

Take care
Don

 

[Kheti sa-Menik]

4 of us in my group...

The lady....not really a hardcore gamer, she hates making characters but knows the rules for running her character fairly well. She is interested in story more than mechanics. She hasn't given her opinion one way or the other..I suspect she will go along with whatever the group wants.

The dude....likes mechanics, doesn't know all that much about 4th ed. He has expressed some concern about certain aspects he's heard myself and the Host discuss.

The host....he and I are friends from way back and most attuned to all the 4e news. He seems ambivalent, likes some things, but is just aghast at some things (dragonborn?). I'm not sure he's willing to switch.

Me....well, anyone who reads posts knows I'm solidly against it. I don't like what I've read so far about the game itself (no reduction in the magic item arms race and per encounter abilities?), and WOTC's practices of late stick in my craw fiercely. I refuse to switch and will not run or play it.

The group as a whole is in the middle of two campaigns at the moment, one I am running and one that The host runs..we alternate months. Neither of us feels anything much, pressure. We'll just keep on keepin' on with the current campaigns and see what happens.

On a side note...I am freed up with some time at Gencon. I was planning on playing a lot of RPGA Living Greyhawk this year but since the ********s at WOTC are killing LG, I have much more time for D20 Modern or other games. (intentional *s, btw)

 

[FourthBear]

Haven't talked about it too much. I've got quite a bit of 3.5e material to work through, as the DM of the group. I'm personally very optimistic about 4e, but don't have any plans to change over immediately upon release. A couple of the players disliked it immediately post announcement, but they hated 3e post announcement, too. Neither knows much about 4e, except to occasionally ask me about it and immediately gripe about anything revealed. Which, again, they did with 3e. Since they are generally not motivated to DM, they'll switch if I insist on switching, so we'll see.

 

[joela]

Dead set

It also leaves me wondering if this is typical of other groups at this stage of things or are my folks just an odd lot.

Are you finding your groups split like this or solidly in one camp or another?

I'm a player in multiple groups (3 currently; up to 7 a month at one point) and, with the exception of 1 person, all have no interest in switching to 4e.

I'm the only exception.

 

[nutluck]

Of the two groups I am part of. One as a DM and one as a player, with some other overlap between them. We have 8 people. Out of those 8 we have...

2 completely against it, what they know about it they don't like and they either in one case love 3.5 or in another case thing other systems are better and that 4e is sounding worse than 3.5

4 of us was all up for 4e at first and then steadly have become less and less thrilled with what we hear. We are ranging from checking the PHG out in a book store and if it seems decent or gets good reviews maybe check it out. To not willing to check it out unless someone else in the group buys it so they can really take a solid long look at it and then maybe buy it IF they really like it.

1 is like the 4 of us but leaning towards likeing more than he dislikes. But this last month has pushed him more and more towards the middle group. He currently still plans to buy the PHG at this point though.

1 player who will buy any and everything WotC. I kid you not if they make it he buys it, even if it is about things he doesn't personally care about. He also never buys 3rd party stuff. He has already said he doesn't care about reviews, he will buy it the day it comes out. In fact he has preordered it already and wants to switch at as soon as he gets his hands on the book to 4e.

 

[Tortoise]

Update from my groups.

Since my original post I have run sessions for two of my three groups. Discussion at those sessions has shown a major shift in thinking about 4e.

The group that was solidly pro 4e is now 2 members pro, and two maybe. The group that was mostly against is now solidly against. The group that was solidly against remains solidly against.

Apparently the more my players learn the less they like what they're hearing.

It's beginning to look less and less likely that I'll be going to 4e at the present time.

Anyone have updates showing major shifts in their groups since they posted?

 

[Mallus]

My group's reaction to 4e is pretty unanimous; we like what we've heard so far and are anxious to the give a new rules a playtest.

 

[Son_of_Thunder]

4E - How is the 4e announcement affecting your game groups?

Not at all. We shrugged our shoulders, agreed WotC will make lots of money, then we went back to playing 2nd AD&D.

 

[Darkwolf71]

Since my original post I have run sessions for two of my three groups. Discussion at those sessions has shown a major shift in thinking about 4e.

The group that was solidly pro 4e is now 2 members pro, and two maybe. The group that was mostly against is now solidly against. The group that was solidly against remains solidly against.

Apparently the more my players learn the less they like what they're hearing.

It's beginning to look less and less likely that I'll be going to 4e at the present time.

Anyone have updates showing major shifts in their groups since they posted?

This is sobering.

I have no particular love for 4e, I remain (as always) on the fence. If, however, this is at all typical...

I wonder. If, and I don't mean to be anti-4e or anything but if 4e flops. What will happen to the brand.

Scary thought.

 

[kennew142]

My group of nine players will all be switching as soon as the new rules come out. We like everything we've heard so far. We're wrapping up 3e campaigns in the interim, as well as playing some SWSE.

The new edition can't come fast enough for us. We were experiencing edition fatigue for at least a year before we had a name for it.