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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 4461264" data-attributes="member: 151">People tend to forget that there was a gap between the release of 3e and any supplements, as well.  The 3e books didn't come out all at once, and the first real expansion was the martial splatbook, Sword and Fist, which came out nearly six months after the PHB.  The 3E psionic handbook came out in the following year, 2002.  I personally think it's a little early to be disappointed by the lack of updated supplements.  I mean, the 4e Manual of the Planes is due out soon, and the 4e FRCS just came out (and the 4e FR PHB is due shortly, iirc).  Certainly, at Gencon, players were running to the WotC booth each day to try and score the new FRCS and were asking throughout the day....so some folks clearly were excited or at least eager.As to individual excitement levels, I couldn't say.  Our group wasn't waiting with baited breath for the PsiHB, but Sword and Fist was eagerly enjoyed when it arrived, containing new player options as it did.  Not being FR fans, we cared not a jot then or now.  The PHB II is what we're most anxiously awaiting, really.  4e's biggest weakness, IMHO, is that it needs more character stuff to diversify the classes more.And, quite honestly, it's virtually impossible for 4e stuff to be as anticipated as 3e stuff for us, since 3e heralded our return to the D&D brand (and regular gaming).  When we started 3e, we hadn't played a D&D game in years.  When we got 4e, we'd been playing weekly for 8 years....so it's naturally a different vibe.</blockquote>

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