Yes. I see a pattern of folks trying to point out patterns they seem to imply are analogous to the history of D&D development.
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Yes. I see a pattern of folks trying to point out patterns they seem to imply are analogous to the history of D&D development.
Mercurius
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A bit but not by much - it is all relative; according to Wikipedia, Firefox 1 came out in late 2004, 2 about a year later, 3 a year and a half after that (June, 2008), and then 4 in March of this year, over two and a half years after 3. 5 is only a few months after 4. The D&D editions are more spread out, so three years in is similar to "a few months into 4E".
wedgeski
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Your definition of "sucked" clearly differs from my own. Sure a few changes took getting used to, but I'd had the preview for a while so knew what to expect. I installed FF4 on day one and haven't had one single problem with it... oh, except there was a problem with one of my add-ons not being updated, but I solved that in about 10 minutes.
Since then, it's worked like dream. Much improved over the old version, from a developer treading carefully between the twin evils of too much change and too little innovation.
Since then, it's worked like dream. Much improved over the old version, from a developer treading carefully between the twin evils of too much change and too little innovation.
Dannager
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Same. FF4 worked great. I'm using FF5 now, but I never had major issues with the previous version.
FF3 was good, too, by the way.
Living Legend
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Really? Where is the impetus coming from for all this? It's still non profit right? That move seems very corporationy, like let's gear up to get bought for a pant load of money stuff.
ThirdWizard
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Lots of software is on quick version turnarounds nowadays. You want to release incremental revisions often instead of big versions a few times a year.
That is, if anybody in this thread actually cares about software development and not just about bashing 4th edition while making it look like you're talking about something else.
Edit: I should point out that versioning is changing. It was, at least as I recall it, standard that version 1 to version 2 to version 3 would be complete rewrites of the code, from the ground up. This isn't really true any more. It's going to be based on whatever internal structure is set out by the software development group. Like I said above, Chrome is on version 12. It'll update and you won't even know it.
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WheresMyD20
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If you look hard enough for a pattern, you'll find one that fits your perceptions. For example, let's take movies, say the Batman series that started in 1989.
Batman was good.
Batman Returns was ok.
Batman Forever was somewhat passable.
Batman & Robin was terrible.
... then they waited a while, ditched the bloated mess they created, then went back to the beginning and started over with Batman Begins.
See the pattern?
The way I see it, it's a great analogy for how I feel things have progressed with D&D. Of course, most people probably won't agree with my analogy and will come up with an analogy of their own that fits their own perceptions of the various editions of D&D over the years.
In the end, I don't think the evolution of computer software or movie franchises really means much when it comes to predicting the future of an RPG franchise.
Batman was good.
Batman Returns was ok.
Batman Forever was somewhat passable.
Batman & Robin was terrible.
... then they waited a while, ditched the bloated mess they created, then went back to the beginning and started over with Batman Begins.
See the pattern?
The way I see it, it's a great analogy for how I feel things have progressed with D&D. Of course, most people probably won't agree with my analogy and will come up with an analogy of their own that fits their own perceptions of the various editions of D&D over the years.
In the end, I don't think the evolution of computer software or movie franchises really means much when it comes to predicting the future of an RPG franchise.
So what would OD&D and 1E + 2E AD&D be?
(My guess).
OD&D = 4.3 BSD (and earlier)
Berkeley Software Distribution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1E AD&D = SunOS 4.1.3 (and earlier)
SunOS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2E AD&D = Solaris
Solaris (operating system) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
???
I'll pick this one up!
3E D&D = OpenSolaris. Existing Solaris code was released under an open-source license, and the OpenSolaris project consolidated it into a user-friendly distribution. Alternate distributions, among them Belenix and Nexenta, were made using the newly open source code to suit different needs.
OpenSolaris
4E D&D = Solaris 11. Oracle buys Sun and decides to restrict the source code to Solaris. Sure, the code will get released eventually, but the development model returns to all but a closed-source style.
(see link for Solaris in quoted text)
Pathfinder = OpenIndiana/Illumos. OpenSolaris users, feeling abandoned and cheated by Oracle's move to Solaris 11's model, fork the code and create OpenIndiana, aiming for an open-source continuation of the project that retains compatibility with it. While not as large as Oracle, the developer community for OpenIndiana is active and making great strides.
OpenIndiana / Illumos
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