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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Terramotus" data-source="post: 5599787" data-attributes="member: 7220">Not a clue.  Don't really care, either.  I stand by what I wrote.Man, I'm done with raging about Essentials.  I don't care for the material, but it no longer gives me the rage.  The thing about point number 3 that means I can't ignore the content is that because of it, I don't get to buy new D&D products, because they're not making stuff I'm interested in.  For pretty much the first time.  I've been waiting for a 4E Elemental power source since the two preview books.  Am I going to get it?  I'm guessing not in a way that I would want it.  The other points kind of tie into making it difficult to ignore too.  To me, "new edition" isn't an insult.  I've been on board for every new edition since I started playing 2E as a kid (including "2.5", the player's option stuff).  But whatever.  I pay less and less attention to what's going on with WotC these days anyway.  Considering how much of a diehard I've been and the ridiculous amounts of money I've spent, that's probably not a great thing for them.  They've got serious problems with PR and fracturing their fanbase.  But again, whatever.Mostly, I came here looking for legit information about Essentials changes and compatibility, since I'm starting a new 4E game that's going to be using the online character builder.  I had heard about the (senseless?) nerf to the Melee Training feat to balance Essentials classes, and the lackluster benefits added to soften the "feat tax" effect of the math fix feats, and was wondering if there were any other gotchas that I would need to be aware of, not just in the sense of the new rules being broken with old rules, but changing the feel in a negative way as well.  I'm incredibly wary of the new Class Compendium changes as well.Instead, I found a lot of posts denigrating anyone who dared to dislike Essentials, implying that there's something seriously wrong with someone who doesn't like Essentials.  That pissed me off.  I posted.</blockquote>

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