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<blockquote data-quote="Erdrick Dragin" data-source="post: 5613362" data-attributes="member: 88106"><p>I have called this when 4E was announced and once again when Paizo made their announcement with what they were planning for Pathfinder RPG. I knew D&D would slowly tank and Pathfinder would rise. </p><p></p><p>This is because WotC has alienated the original D&D fanbase and has been on this fruitless quest to appease a younger crowd, particularly the MMO crowd. This has rubbed both of their demographics the wrong way, and the butchering of beloved campaign settings such as Forgotten Realms and Ravenloft only did 4E worse. The introduction of a system of 4E that dumbed down 4E even further than how 4E dumbed down D&D entirely, called "Essentials", was just icing on the cake. I won't even bother going into how further down the "juvenile hole" D&D has become with the release of board and card games for it. </p><p></p><p>The old guard that knew how to design a great D&D game have all quit or were laid off and have been replaced by "noobs" in suits that know not what they're doing at all. Ironically, a number of the "old guard" are writing for Pathfinder. Just goes to show you the sham 4E has become. I sense a 5E being announced at next GenCon.</p><p></p><p>Now to wait for WotC to sell off D&D to Paizo so we can get the original game many of us have come to love and enjoy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Erdrick Dragin, post: 5613362, member: 88106"] I have called this when 4E was announced and once again when Paizo made their announcement with what they were planning for Pathfinder RPG. I knew D&D would slowly tank and Pathfinder would rise. This is because WotC has alienated the original D&D fanbase and has been on this fruitless quest to appease a younger crowd, particularly the MMO crowd. This has rubbed both of their demographics the wrong way, and the butchering of beloved campaign settings such as Forgotten Realms and Ravenloft only did 4E worse. The introduction of a system of 4E that dumbed down 4E even further than how 4E dumbed down D&D entirely, called "Essentials", was just icing on the cake. I won't even bother going into how further down the "juvenile hole" D&D has become with the release of board and card games for it. The old guard that knew how to design a great D&D game have all quit or were laid off and have been replaced by "noobs" in suits that know not what they're doing at all. Ironically, a number of the "old guard" are writing for Pathfinder. Just goes to show you the sham 4E has become. I sense a 5E being announced at next GenCon. Now to wait for WotC to sell off D&D to Paizo so we can get the original game many of us have come to love and enjoy [/QUOTE]
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