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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5350396" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>Well it seems that you missed the first sentence of my post about being hyperbolic. But to answer your question, obviously not. And this is the same argument that many (including myself) have thrown at disgruntled 3.5 fans when 4E came out. That's not what I'm saying. Nor do I care all that much about new crunch; what I take issue with is the general lack of new material, whether crunch or fluff. And, to answer Nebten's question (which I answered in the OP, I believe) I do not buy all of the hardcovers, maybe about 60% of them. I don't buy any of the <em>Power</em> books, I haven't bought the <em>Dragon </em>and <em>Dungeon Annuals</em>, the <em>Player's Strategy Guide</em>, the <em>Player's Guides, </em>and maybe one or two others. I buy the core books and their extensions, the theme/fluff books (e.g. <em>The Plane Above, Underdark, </em>etc), and the campaign settings.</p><p></p><p>In that context, to rephrase my original post, what I am taking issue with is:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The lack of new material along those lines for the period from mid-August to mid-March or mid-April, in favor of a re-packaged, re-formatted, re-releasing of what is, ah, <em>essentially </em>old material.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The possibility that the "Era of the hardcover" is over, and that the direction for 4E going forward is Essentials.</li> </ol><p>What I am <em>not </em>saying is "I hate Essentials and WotC for killing 4E and taking my stuff!" or <em>"4E 4Evar!"</em> I was happy when 3E came out, happy when 3.5E came out, happy when 4E came out, and probably happy when 5E comes out. I don't mind Essentials but I just hope that it is not the main direction going forward. Call me somewhat disappointed and mildly leery.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I didn't say either of those things. What I am saying is that the Essentials products are <em>mainly but not only </em>regurgitations of older products in new formats, formats that I personally like less than the older format (at least insofar as digests vs. hardcovers are concerned). I actually like the non-power oriented martial characters, for instance. But see my response to RigaMortus for more explanation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5350396, member: 59082"] Well it seems that you missed the first sentence of my post about being hyperbolic. But to answer your question, obviously not. And this is the same argument that many (including myself) have thrown at disgruntled 3.5 fans when 4E came out. That's not what I'm saying. Nor do I care all that much about new crunch; what I take issue with is the general lack of new material, whether crunch or fluff. And, to answer Nebten's question (which I answered in the OP, I believe) I do not buy all of the hardcovers, maybe about 60% of them. I don't buy any of the [I]Power[/I] books, I haven't bought the [I]Dragon [/I]and [I]Dungeon Annuals[/I], the [I]Player's Strategy Guide[/I], the [I]Player's Guides, [/I]and maybe one or two others. I buy the core books and their extensions, the theme/fluff books (e.g. [I]The Plane Above, Underdark, [/I]etc), and the campaign settings. In that context, to rephrase my original post, what I am taking issue with is: [LIST=1] [*]The lack of new material along those lines for the period from mid-August to mid-March or mid-April, in favor of a re-packaged, re-formatted, re-releasing of what is, ah, [I]essentially [/I]old material. [*]The possibility that the "Era of the hardcover" is over, and that the direction for 4E going forward is Essentials. [/LIST] What I am [I]not [/I]saying is "I hate Essentials and WotC for killing 4E and taking my stuff!" or [I]"4E 4Evar!"[/I] I was happy when 3E came out, happy when 3.5E came out, happy when 4E came out, and probably happy when 5E comes out. I don't mind Essentials but I just hope that it is not the main direction going forward. Call me somewhat disappointed and mildly leery. I didn't say either of those things. What I am saying is that the Essentials products are [I]mainly but not only [/I]regurgitations of older products in new formats, formats that I personally like less than the older format (at least insofar as digests vs. hardcovers are concerned). I actually like the non-power oriented martial characters, for instance. But see my response to RigaMortus for more explanation. [/QUOTE]
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