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Message: <blockquote data-quote="qstor" data-source="post: 4084226" data-attributes="member: 1489">Thanks <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />One thing I forgot to mention was my reaction to the portion of the main 4e presentation on the "digital gaming platform" One of the questioners asked how WOTC was going to manage the load on the server given that they've had problems with the RPGA database. I think the questioner was more referring to the overall computer gaming problems WOTC has had like Etools but didn't mention it. My gut feeling is with all the bells and whistles in the digital platform that there WILL be a lot of problems with it unless WOTC out sources it to another company. But that remains to be seen.My of my friends said to me in an e-mail this morning the argument of 4e vs 3e(other editions) is like arguing over pancakes vs eggs for breakfast. He said he'd play 4e with friends (pancakes) but might like eggs sometimes. For me its more than that, its if you're making D&D or a new car for example if you name it say a Ford, then you know what the Ford brand is. You you wouldn't expect it to look like a Honda or Buick and you know that brands history. And so when you go to buy D&D you expect it to be somewhat like D&D of editions past and expect that WOTC did some marketing tests of fans to know what fans wanted changed in 3.5 and what they think doesn't work in the current rules set. Just like Ford might test market a new car for production and it the test car doesn't hold up to fans expectations then it won't go into full production.Yesterday night I was thinking of Ryan Dancey's essay on travelling to TSR's Lake Geneva warehouse and what it meant to him to help save TSR by having it bought out by WOTC. I wondered if 4e was NEEDED to save D&D or rather if it was done simpley because SOMEONE felt a new edition was needed to make money rather than solve an inherant problem with rules balance.Mike</blockquote>

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