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<blockquote data-quote="thzero" data-source="post: 5782411" data-attributes="member: 86754"><p>But that is another problem in its own right. Essentially what you are talking about is another set of rules that has nothing to really do with any of the previous sets. From reading Monte, et al. I haven't got the feeling that this is the direction they are headed in. I'm not sure it'd be a good move, because there has been enough backlash over incompatible versions of the game.</p><p></p><p>That being said, I would say that the "spirit and style" would be far easier to reconcile into one edition as opposed to trying to reconcile all the rules.</p><p></p><p>As far as the DDi, I was not impressed by it at all. But as far as the books go, you always have eBay, Amazon used books, etc. that you can find them pretty cheap if need be. I've bought a lot of 4e and 3e stuff that way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think the "negativity" comes from more of a 'oh we've been here before' syndrome than anything else. There was a general excitement over 3e, because it'd been like 9 years or so since 2e had come out. WotC was new to D&D, etc. so while there were concerns I seem to recall a general upbeat, hey I'm looking forward to this attitude. Then came 3.5; sure it fixed a few things, nerfed others, and a lot of people felt it was a money grab. And the other foot, so to speak, dropped with 4e which was distinct departure from 3e. You could add in confusion based on WotC trying to shift gears a bit with the Essentials line and sorta mudding the 4e waters too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thzero, post: 5782411, member: 86754"] But that is another problem in its own right. Essentially what you are talking about is another set of rules that has nothing to really do with any of the previous sets. From reading Monte, et al. I haven't got the feeling that this is the direction they are headed in. I'm not sure it'd be a good move, because there has been enough backlash over incompatible versions of the game. That being said, I would say that the "spirit and style" would be far easier to reconcile into one edition as opposed to trying to reconcile all the rules. As far as the DDi, I was not impressed by it at all. But as far as the books go, you always have eBay, Amazon used books, etc. that you can find them pretty cheap if need be. I've bought a lot of 4e and 3e stuff that way. I think the "negativity" comes from more of a 'oh we've been here before' syndrome than anything else. There was a general excitement over 3e, because it'd been like 9 years or so since 2e had come out. WotC was new to D&D, etc. so while there were concerns I seem to recall a general upbeat, hey I'm looking forward to this attitude. Then came 3.5; sure it fixed a few things, nerfed others, and a lot of people felt it was a money grab. And the other foot, so to speak, dropped with 4e which was distinct departure from 3e. You could add in confusion based on WotC trying to shift gears a bit with the Essentials line and sorta mudding the 4e waters too. [/QUOTE]
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