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<blockquote data-quote="TheYeti1775" data-source="post: 5185890" data-attributes="member: 20914">The conversions matter a lot in the scheme of things.&nbsp; Not as much to a new player, but to your older established base of players.Even the jump 2E to 3.5E is fairly painless.&nbsp; Homebrewed innate powers translated well to various Feats (Custom in some cases), the proficiencies right to skills.&nbsp; Really the hardest part to overcome was the fact higher was always better now.So you didn't 'leave behind' too many players, heck you brought quite a number of older players back into the fold&nbsp; of buying the products again.&nbsp; And Mike, himself, is an example of that in his own words.The jump to 4E brought a lot more change to the D&amp;D world than many cared for.&nbsp; The conversion becomes important in the fact if folks can't easily convert there characters into the new edition, guess what they are going to continue playing the older edition.Personally I fine with admitting I was happily in the &quot;I hate 4E&quot; camp.&nbsp; I checked out the PHB/DMG/MM1 when they came out, I didn't like them.Recently I have played in a 4E game, there are facets I've liked about it.&nbsp; But it doesn't hold me like the prior editions have.As Brand Manager Mike will be tasked with three things primarily.1. Bring new players in to buy WotC stuff.2. Keep the players we have buying WotC stuff.3. Bring older players back int and buying WotC stuff.All boiling down to finding out what the market wants and trying to fill that need.Personally I have a few ideas on various things that could be done, but most of it has been hashed out before.No they learn them from their fellow players.&nbsp; I've yet to pick up a 4E book to learn the rules of the game.&nbsp; Yet I've successfully handled playing just on the basises of my fellow players explaining a few finer points to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheYeti1775, post: 5185890, member: 20914"] The conversions matter a lot in the scheme of things. Not as much to a new player, but to your older established base of players. Even the jump 2E to 3.5E is fairly painless. Homebrewed innate powers translated well to various Feats (Custom in some cases), the proficiencies right to skills. Really the hardest part to overcome was the fact higher was always better now. So you didn't 'leave behind' too many players, heck you brought quite a number of older players back into the fold of buying the products again. And Mike, himself, is an example of that in his own words. The jump to 4E brought a lot more change to the D&D world than many cared for. The conversion becomes important in the fact if folks can't easily convert there characters into the new edition, guess what they are going to continue playing the older edition. Personally I fine with admitting I was happily in the "I hate 4E" camp. I checked out the PHB/DMG/MM1 when they came out, I didn't like them. Recently I have played in a 4E game, there are facets I've liked about it. But it doesn't hold me like the prior editions have. As Brand Manager Mike will be tasked with three things primarily. 1. Bring new players in to buy WotC stuff. 2. Keep the players we have buying WotC stuff. 3. Bring older players back int and buying WotC stuff. All boiling down to finding out what the market wants and trying to fill that need. Personally I have a few ideas on various things that could be done, but most of it has been hashed out before. No they learn them from their fellow players. I've yet to pick up a 4E book to learn the rules of the game. Yet I've successfully handled playing just on the basises of my fellow players explaining a few finer points to me. [/QUOTE]

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