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<blockquote data-quote="Veander" data-source="post: 3854408" data-attributes="member: 1693">3.5 requires you to go out and buy those new books.&nbsp; But 4e is ALL ABOUT getting us to buy more books.&nbsp; If you think it's for some other reason, you have to be in denial.&nbsp; If your average gamer were buying as many accessory books and such as I do, then we wouldn't see this rush to change things after only a few years with the updated 3rd edition game.&nbsp; I sure hope they do right by the game and don't simply make changes that help and hurt, thus forcing us to spend money for no other reason other than to allow certain gamers to stay in business.&nbsp; If this is what we have to deal with over the future of the game (updates every 4-5 years that require us to redo all previous books) then you can see me becoming one of those folks who hangs on to one edition for as long as possible (meaning until my friends are all switched up).&nbsp; Even if the new editions are simpler or more streamlined, I'm tired of wasting the resources (time, money) on the new stuff.I'm wasn't expecting the company with the D&amp;D license to keep 3.5 around forever.&nbsp; It would be kind of nice if it was all somehow backward compatible, but I guess that's just the nature of this game.&nbsp; When I met my wife ten yearsago we played Scrabble and a few other boardgames and we still play them now using the exact same rules.&nbsp; They never came out with the New Scrabble and put away the old one.&nbsp; Now I know a boardgame doesn't compare with our D&amp;D (or else I'd likely not play it so much), but can't we get a decade under our belt before having to go out and buy new books?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Veander, post: 3854408, member: 1693"] 3.5 requires you to go out and buy those new books. But 4e is ALL ABOUT getting us to buy more books. If you think it's for some other reason, you have to be in denial. If your average gamer were buying as many accessory books and such as I do, then we wouldn't see this rush to change things after only a few years with the updated 3rd edition game. I sure hope they do right by the game and don't simply make changes that help and hurt, thus forcing us to spend money for no other reason other than to allow certain gamers to stay in business. If this is what we have to deal with over the future of the game (updates every 4-5 years that require us to redo all previous books) then you can see me becoming one of those folks who hangs on to one edition for as long as possible (meaning until my friends are all switched up). Even if the new editions are simpler or more streamlined, I'm tired of wasting the resources (time, money) on the new stuff. I'm wasn't expecting the company with the D&D license to keep 3.5 around forever. It would be kind of nice if it was all somehow backward compatible, but I guess that's just the nature of this game. When I met my wife ten yearsago we played Scrabble and a few other boardgames and we still play them now using the exact same rules. They never came out with the New Scrabble and put away the old one. Now I know a boardgame doesn't compare with our D&D (or else I'd likely not play it so much), but can't we get a decade under our belt before having to go out and buy new books? [/QUOTE]

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