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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 5774742" data-attributes="member: 8461">Henry, you make some very good points. However, I think it's also worth noting that the &quot;edition treadmill&quot; that started with the release of 3.5 after only three years, and has yet to stop, seems to have fragmented the community pretty badly. Having things last for a decade may not have been TSR's intention, but it honestly does seem to have been good for the community (though perhaps not for them as a business).In other words, while that may not have been their intention, it is what happened, and it set the standard ever since, rightly or wrongly. It's hard to accept that you used to get a decade of life from a game, and now can't expect to get half that. Hence why I can understand someone throwing their hands in the air and saying &quot;enough.&quot;Also, while a lot of other RPGs do seem to put forth new editions more quickly than once a decade, these are often less radical changes than even, say 3.0 and 3.5. Call of Cthulhu is a great example of a game that has changed very little between the last several editions. If D&amp;D's changes were comparatively small, their frequency would probably go down easier.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 5774742, member: 8461"] Henry, you make some very good points. However, I think it's also worth noting that the "edition treadmill" that started with the release of 3.5 after only three years, and has yet to stop, seems to have fragmented the community pretty badly. Having things last for a decade may not have been TSR's intention, but it honestly does seem to have been good for the community (though perhaps not for them as a business). In other words, while that may not have been their intention, it is what happened, and it set the standard ever since, rightly or wrongly. It's hard to accept that you used to get a decade of life from a game, and now can't expect to get half that. Hence why I can understand someone throwing their hands in the air and saying "enough." Also, while a lot of other RPGs do seem to put forth new editions more quickly than once a decade, these are often less radical changes than even, say 3.0 and 3.5. [i]Call of Cthulhu[/i] is a great example of a game that has changed very little between the last several editions. If D&D's changes were comparatively small, their frequency would probably go down easier. [/QUOTE]

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