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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3845563" data-attributes="member: 48965"><p>Just a quick observation, but these books can be had for less than a dollar on ebay now. Maybe if there was a low print run or something these would be colletible, but I don't see them as collectible in any way right now.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And this is one of the things I personally would like further clarification on. From other threads I got the impression that these books don't represent what will necessarily be in 4th ed. If so the very thing that sells someone on the game may not actually be in the game. This in itself could be bad as far as new players go.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The difference here is dual value. If in the end you decided not to go with 3e, well then you still got some value out of the magazines...from what we know now that won't be the case with these products.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'll give you this one...though I'm not sure how likely it will be a new player will see these, know what they are and purchase them with no prior experience with D&D. If anything these books could confuse new players who think they are actually buying the game...or those who know it's a game and wonder why these books don't have rules in them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Then WotC would probably be forced to pay alot more in advertisement. In fact I'd go so far as to say this would hurt 4th ed. more than it would WotC's customer base.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Huh? What if unicorns were real? I'm not trying to get snarky, but this is...fantasy. These type of extreme measures would, I'm willing to bet, push way more people towards being content with theior 3.5 games. You know TSR went this route and lookwhere it got them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm sorry, WotC wants to sell something to me...they don't have to acknowledge my sense of entitlement...but however they go about reeling me in, it better get me interested in a positive way and excited about what they're trying to get me to purchase. Otherwise whatever form of advertisement they've chosen has ultimately failed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 3845563, member: 48965"] Just a quick observation, but these books can be had for less than a dollar on ebay now. Maybe if there was a low print run or something these would be colletible, but I don't see them as collectible in any way right now. And this is one of the things I personally would like further clarification on. From other threads I got the impression that these books don't represent what will necessarily be in 4th ed. If so the very thing that sells someone on the game may not actually be in the game. This in itself could be bad as far as new players go. The difference here is dual value. If in the end you decided not to go with 3e, well then you still got some value out of the magazines...from what we know now that won't be the case with these products. I'll give you this one...though I'm not sure how likely it will be a new player will see these, know what they are and purchase them with no prior experience with D&D. If anything these books could confuse new players who think they are actually buying the game...or those who know it's a game and wonder why these books don't have rules in them. Then WotC would probably be forced to pay alot more in advertisement. In fact I'd go so far as to say this would hurt 4th ed. more than it would WotC's customer base. Huh? What if unicorns were real? I'm not trying to get snarky, but this is...fantasy. These type of extreme measures would, I'm willing to bet, push way more people towards being content with theior 3.5 games. You know TSR went this route and lookwhere it got them. I'm sorry, WotC wants to sell something to me...they don't have to acknowledge my sense of entitlement...but however they go about reeling me in, it better get me interested in a positive way and excited about what they're trying to get me to purchase. Otherwise whatever form of advertisement they've chosen has ultimately failed. [/QUOTE]
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