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<blockquote data-quote="jolt" data-source="post: 4047000" data-attributes="member: 18142">If they're happy with what they have, why should they have to do any conversion at all?I'm not so sure about that.&nbsp; With every new edition you lose people; especially if the changes are dramatic.&nbsp; It may not be a lot but it's there.&nbsp; When 2E came out, you lost the people who wanted to stay with 1E.&nbsp; With 4E, you're losing the people still playing 1E, 2E, 3.0 and 3.5.&nbsp; When 5E comes out, you'll have lost people still playing 1E, 2E, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5.&nbsp; Sure, some people might be brought back into the game as a result but to think that people aren't still playing old editions is silly.&nbsp; Lots of people still play these games, they just don't post here (much).&nbsp; And why should they?&nbsp; They get little support and older editions are widely derided.Right now, it's a very rpg rich environment.&nbsp; There are multiple games for almost every genre and so people have more oppotunities to switch than before.Will I switch to 4E?&nbsp; Probably not.&nbsp; Like may people, I have a family and other things to do.&nbsp; I can't be playing/running in 8 different games.&nbsp; The simulationist in me feels that 4E will go too far.&nbsp; The gamist in me feels that it won't go far enough.&nbsp; The storyteller/worldbuilder in me doesn't want to play any game of any edition where the game itself tries to tell me the kind of story I should be telling (no WoD/Exalted for me).jolt</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jolt, post: 4047000, member: 18142"] If they're happy with what they have, why should they have to do any conversion at all? I'm not so sure about that. With every new edition you lose people; especially if the changes are dramatic. It may not be a lot but it's there. When 2E came out, you lost the people who wanted to stay with 1E. With 4E, you're losing the people still playing 1E, 2E, 3.0 and 3.5. When 5E comes out, you'll have lost people still playing 1E, 2E, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5. Sure, some people might be brought back into the game as a result but to think that people aren't still playing old editions is silly. [I]Lots[/I] of people still play these games, they just don't post here (much). And why should they? They get little support and older editions are widely derided. Right now, it's a very rpg rich environment. There are multiple games for almost every genre and so people have more oppotunities to switch than before. Will I switch to 4E? Probably not. Like may people, I have a family and other things to do. I can't be playing/running in 8 different games. The simulationist in me feels that 4E will go too far. The gamist in me feels that it won't go far enough. The storyteller/worldbuilder in me doesn't want to play any game of any edition where the game itself tries to tell me the kind of story I should be telling (no WoD/Exalted for me). jolt [/QUOTE]

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