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<blockquote data-quote="DaveMage" data-source="post: 3290663" data-attributes="member: 10447">You are presuming a mild update, and I don't think many would argue with you if that were the case.&nbsp; 3.5 changed just enough, though, that it made many 3.0 products a hassle to update.&nbsp; Adventures written with the 3.0 mentality's tactics, suddenly became silly (the changes in haste and harm spells greatly affected the FR Spider Queen adventure, for example). For a greater update, I think the amount of hostility is proportional to the amount of products one has purchased in the current system.&nbsp; If you only have a handful of 3.5 books, then, sure, why would you care if there's an update?&nbsp; Your financial investment in the system is minor.&nbsp; But if you have, say, hundreds of 3.5 compatible products (especially adventures), you are much less likely to want an update that may affect the usefulness of the products you have.(And certainly, one doesn't have to update, but if you are a DM who wants to continue to play 3.5 because you've purchased 100 books for the system, and then 4E comes out, which your 4 players, who buy maybe 4 books/year like even better, then all the investment in 3.5 either becomes a waste or a headache to convert.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DaveMage, post: 3290663, member: 10447"] You are presuming a mild update, and I don't think many would argue with you if that were the case. 3.5 changed just enough, though, that it made many 3.0 products a hassle to update. Adventures written with the 3.0 mentality's tactics, suddenly became silly (the changes in haste and harm spells greatly affected the FR Spider Queen adventure, for example). For a greater update, I think the amount of hostility is proportional to the amount of products one has purchased in the current system. If you only have a handful of 3.5 books, then, sure, why would you care if there's an update? Your financial investment in the system is minor. But if you have, say, hundreds of 3.5 compatible products (especially adventures), you are much less likely to want an update that may affect the usefulness of the products you have. (And certainly, one doesn't have to update, but if you are a DM who wants to continue to play 3.5 because you've purchased 100 books for the system, and then 4E comes out, which your 4 players, who buy maybe 4 books/year like even better, then all the investment in 3.5 either becomes a waste or a headache to convert.) [/QUOTE]

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