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<blockquote data-quote="broghammerj" data-source="post: 3845435" data-attributes="member: 1869">Someone explain this to me?&nbsp; Why is revealing too much information too early going to stifle my desire to buy 4E?&nbsp; The only scenario I can see this happening in, is if the product sucks and I happen to figure it out it sucks before I actually buy the books.&nbsp; That would hurt WOTC.DnD isn't like a car.&nbsp; I don't have dozens of companies competing for my business.&nbsp; DnD is the 800 lbs gorilla.&nbsp; I suppose you could argue it's competing for my RPG dollar.&nbsp; I would imagine if you combined all other RPG sales they still wouldn't hold a candle to DnD.&nbsp; Frankly there are a lot of factors with the DnD brand.&nbsp; I have a better chance of finding a group who plays it, there will only be future support for 4E, etc.&nbsp; All reasons point to buy.People bitching are unhappy customers.&nbsp; They represent business loss.&nbsp; Did WOTC survey or poll the customer base for their wants in a new edition?&nbsp; I am curious about market research they have done.&nbsp; It was pretty clear Eberron was going to change but suddenly won't now because customers spoke out.&nbsp; Were those customers adequately sampled to see what they wanted?&nbsp; These questions are bit rhetorical but worth &quot;wondering&quot; about.As for wanting to contribute to the game, I highly doubt that.&nbsp; Apparently most people homebrew so they are already contributing to their own games.&nbsp; No what I want is an out of the box system that works well.&nbsp; I don't have time to homebrew, houserule, etc.I want to reiterate that I am excited about 4E!&nbsp; I think its going to be great if it does everything they promise.&nbsp; What I don't like is the marketing campaign because I think its worthless.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="broghammerj, post: 3845435, member: 1869"] Someone explain this to me? Why is revealing too much information too early going to stifle my desire to buy 4E? The only scenario I can see this happening in, is if the product sucks and I happen to figure it out it sucks before I actually buy the books. That would hurt WOTC. DnD isn't like a car. I don't have dozens of companies competing for my business. DnD is the 800 lbs gorilla. I suppose you could argue it's competing for my RPG dollar. I would imagine if you combined all other RPG sales they still wouldn't hold a candle to DnD. Frankly there are a lot of factors with the DnD brand. I have a better chance of finding a group who plays it, there will only be future support for 4E, etc. All reasons point to buy. People bitching are unhappy customers. They represent business loss. Did WOTC survey or poll the customer base for their wants in a new edition? I am curious about market research they have done. It was pretty clear Eberron was going to change but suddenly won't now because customers spoke out. Were those customers adequately sampled to see what they wanted? These questions are bit rhetorical but worth "wondering" about. As for wanting to contribute to the game, I highly doubt that. Apparently most people homebrew so they are already contributing to their own games. No what I want is an out of the box system that works well. I don't have time to homebrew, houserule, etc. I want to reiterate that I am excited about 4E! I think its going to be great if it does everything they promise. What I don't like is the marketing campaign because I think its worthless. [/QUOTE]

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