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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5538486" data-attributes="member: 82106">I have no idea if you would be offending anyone by attacking those cards. I don't presume to know the tastes of others. If WotC's 'sacrificing of sacred cows' is an issue for you, then maybe 4e isn't the system your interested in. 4e was all about modernizing the game and thinking about it out of the box. Thus some sacred cows got killed. I'd also note that 3e killed a rather significant number of them as well when it came out, so this is not something that is brand new. If 4e was just a warmed-over 3.5 there'd really be rather little point in it to start with.Personally I've found 4e from the start to be high quality and a great game, so I have purchased rather a large amount of 4e stuff. When they decided to put out the Essentials softcover books I bought a couple of them because they were cheap and convenient. I can hand the HotFL and RC to people at the table and they can make a character or go read them and understand the rules. I find that useful. I'm also not at all convinced these books are flimsy and won't hold up. Honestly, having bought 1e books when they came out NOTHING is near as durable as those, and the 4e hardbacks don't even hold a candle to them in physical quality, so I guess I'm resigned to books that last a while but do fall apart (like all the 2e and 3.x books always do).As for boxed sets. Well, really, it is a matter of taste. You're assuming your taste is the same as everyone else's. I'm sure to SOME extent that's likely, but I know lots of people that love the boxed sets. Personally I'm ambivalent about them, but if the contents are good I may buy them. I have HoS which is a nice book, and I might add is a hardback just like all the original 4e books. So, I am not really all that convinced that WotC is wrecking 4e. They're trying some new things. Some of them, like the cards, may be a bit silly IMHO, but others are perfectly good options that may well prove to be well accepted by a lot of people. Sure, WotC should cater to as many of its customers desires as it can, but obviously they found that selling endless more Power books wasn't cutting it for them.</blockquote>

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