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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 4927727" data-attributes="member: 221">While I think, in retrospect, that I would have eventually not converted fully to 4e, even with better marketing, the marketing of 4e more or less led to a series of events that insured I did not even buy a set of the rulebooks.  When 4e was announced I was in the market for a new set of books.  Not because I disliked 3e but because my 3.0 books were finally looking pretty used.  I had purchased every set of rules from 1983 on and fully expected to like the new rules.  When I heard about 4e I was optimistic and fully expected it to be my new edition of choice.  About the same time I was looking to restart a subscription to Dungeon Magazine.  But when I went to get a subscription I found that the magazine had been discontinued.  So I subscribed to Rise of the Runelords instead as it looked to be a good product.  Meanwhile, the more I read about 4e, the less I found I was looking forward to it.  The tone of the marketing struck me not so much as insulting as it was disrespectful to the history of the game I had made my primary hobby in life.  When Paizo announced that they were going to forgo 4e and stick with the OGL, it was an easy decision to go with them.  Thus the tone of the marketing, the GSL debacle and the cancelation of Dungeon all worked together to mean that not only did I not switch, I never even bothered trying 4e.</blockquote>