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<blockquote data-quote="Spatula" data-source="post: 4117776" data-attributes="member: 2198">Sure, some people generally dislike change, and there are others that glom onto any change because it's new.&nbsp; You can't say that it's true of everyone that is apprehensive (or uncritical) about 4e, though, or even most of them.&nbsp; It's generalization based on anecdote.I myself was very eager for 2e - in my defense, I was very young at the time... looking back nothing really changed and there were sooo many new problems once the splats started coming out.&nbsp; After a while I fell out of playing D&amp;D, missed skills&amp;powers entirely (for which I gather I am lucky), and then was very eager for 3e, which is how I discovered ENworld.&nbsp; Now, I'm not a 4e &quot;hater&quot;... after seeing Psion's concerns I guess that I'm sort of in the same boat as he is.&nbsp; I like most of the mechanical changes, and dislike others.&nbsp; However I vehemently dislike that the game isn't just mechanically backwards compatible, but that not even the story-tools or what-have-you are compatible, either.&nbsp; You can't recreate an existing D&amp;D campaign world in 4e, even one that doesn't use splats.&nbsp; Aside from the monk disappearing in 2e, that's never really been true before.&nbsp; And being unable to convert campaigns over definitely lowers my motivation to change editions.So there is fear of change, and also dislike of *these* particular changes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Spatula, post: 4117776, member: 2198"] Sure, some people generally dislike change, and there are others that glom onto any change because it's new. You can't say that it's true of everyone that is apprehensive (or uncritical) about 4e, though, or even most of them. It's generalization based on anecdote. I myself was very eager for 2e - in my defense, I was very young at the time... looking back nothing really changed and there were sooo many new problems once the splats started coming out. After a while I fell out of playing D&D, missed skills&powers entirely (for which I gather I am lucky), and then was very eager for 3e, which is how I discovered ENworld. Now, I'm not a 4e "hater"... after seeing Psion's concerns I guess that I'm sort of in the same boat as he is. I like most of the mechanical changes, and dislike others. However I vehemently dislike that the game isn't just mechanically backwards compatible, but that not even the story-tools or what-have-you are compatible, either. You can't recreate an existing D&D campaign world in 4e, even one that doesn't use splats. Aside from the monk disappearing in 2e, that's never really been true before. And being unable to convert campaigns over definitely lowers my motivation to change editions. So there is fear of change, and also dislike of *these* particular changes. [/QUOTE]

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