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<blockquote data-quote="hossrex" data-source="post: 4076640" data-attributes="member: 60784"><p>You paid $240 for all three core 3.5 books... and you're only expecting to pay $100 (after crazy expensive shipping) for the 4E books?</p><p></p><p>You're numbers are really really fuzzy, all over the place.</p><p></p><p>Not to mention that you bought all sorts of "unnecessary" books during the 3.5 days, and you're for some reason thinking you wont be doing that in the 4e environment.</p><p></p><p>Its the equivalent of saying "The Xbox360 is SO much better then the first Xbox! I spent thousands of dollars on it, for the system, and a few games a year! Now that this new Xbox360 is out, all I have to do is buy the system and one game, since that one game will assuredly be so awesome that I will never need another book, EVER again. Microsoft isn't greedy, its saving me thousands of dollars!"</p><p></p><p>Well... no. You're still going to buy those extra DnD books (and the core books are probably going to cost more then you think also).</p><p></p><p>If you think that insider crap is going to let you have free access to all the rules without any sort of caveat or drawback... you're crazy. Then you go to talk about getting discounts on PDFs... but you factor none of that into your figures.</p><p></p><p>I hope you enjoy 4e. I know I will. It seems like fun, even if I do have concerns. But if you think you're going to get out of this edition a penny cheaper then you did 3e, you're crazy.</p><p></p><p>Specifically one of the concerns that the DnD creators had in mind in creating 4e was that people tended to buy one set of core books for their groups, and then just a couple more books. Ever. This is a problem from a business perspective.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't expect they had an epic fail when it came to that concern. Think about it. Would they be better served by telling you they're planning on milking your every penny you're worth, or would they be better served by telling you this edition will be much, much cheaper, so you should get invested into it as soon as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hossrex, post: 4076640, member: 60784"] You paid $240 for all three core 3.5 books... and you're only expecting to pay $100 (after crazy expensive shipping) for the 4E books? You're numbers are really really fuzzy, all over the place. Not to mention that you bought all sorts of "unnecessary" books during the 3.5 days, and you're for some reason thinking you wont be doing that in the 4e environment. Its the equivalent of saying "The Xbox360 is SO much better then the first Xbox! I spent thousands of dollars on it, for the system, and a few games a year! Now that this new Xbox360 is out, all I have to do is buy the system and one game, since that one game will assuredly be so awesome that I will never need another book, EVER again. Microsoft isn't greedy, its saving me thousands of dollars!" Well... no. You're still going to buy those extra DnD books (and the core books are probably going to cost more then you think also). If you think that insider crap is going to let you have free access to all the rules without any sort of caveat or drawback... you're crazy. Then you go to talk about getting discounts on PDFs... but you factor none of that into your figures. I hope you enjoy 4e. I know I will. It seems like fun, even if I do have concerns. But if you think you're going to get out of this edition a penny cheaper then you did 3e, you're crazy. Specifically one of the concerns that the DnD creators had in mind in creating 4e was that people tended to buy one set of core books for their groups, and then just a couple more books. Ever. This is a problem from a business perspective. I wouldn't expect they had an epic fail when it came to that concern. Think about it. Would they be better served by telling you they're planning on milking your every penny you're worth, or would they be better served by telling you this edition will be much, much cheaper, so you should get invested into it as soon as possible. [/QUOTE]
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