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<blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 3850161" data-attributes="member: 9053">This is sort of starting to drift away from the original intent of the thread, but WotC has been fairly forthcoming in why they feel the new edition will be &quot;better,&quot; and many of the reasons make sense to me, namely:Faster prep time for the GMLess in-game accounting of resourcesLesser reliance on magic itemsAltering the abilities of classes like wizards to even out their power curve...and there have been others, but those are the primary ones that interest me.I haven't seen the specifics on much of that yet, but it sounds pretty good to me. That combined with the &quot;previews&quot; in Tome of Battle + Star Wars Saga makes me think I'll like the new edition. Is that an &quot;illusion?&quot; I don't think so. The things we've seen so far have helped a lot of us to say &quot;I think I'm going to like 4E,&quot; or the reverse.From the perspective of Paizo, Necromancer and other companies, it's a lot more complicated than that, because they have to deal with the realities of producing and marketing products.And to that end, I hereby predict that Paizo will produce 4E products, and that WotC will get the issue with third party SRD issues straightened out shortly. It just wouldn't be smart to let this keep going for too much longer...and the folks involved on both sides of this issue are pretty smart.So I'm declaring this a stone-cold, lead-pipe lock. --Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteveC, post: 3850161, member: 9053"] This is sort of starting to drift away from the original intent of the thread, but WotC has been fairly forthcoming in why they feel the new edition will be "better," and many of the reasons make sense to me, namely: Faster prep time for the GM Less in-game accounting of resources Lesser reliance on magic items Altering the abilities of classes like wizards to even out their power curve ...and there have been others, but those are the primary ones that interest me. I haven't seen the specifics on much of that yet, but it sounds pretty good to me. That combined with the "previews" in Tome of Battle + Star Wars Saga makes me think I'll like the new edition. Is that an "illusion?" I don't think so. The things we've seen so far have helped a lot of us to say "I think I'm going to like 4E," or the reverse. From the perspective of Paizo, Necromancer and other companies, it's a lot more complicated than that, because they have to deal with the realities of producing and marketing products. And to that end, I hereby predict that Paizo will produce 4E products, and that WotC will get the issue with third party SRD issues straightened out shortly. It just wouldn't be smart to let this keep going for too much longer...and the folks involved on both sides of this issue are pretty smart. So I'm declaring this a stone-cold, lead-pipe lock. --Steve [/QUOTE]

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