D&D 4E Rate your interest in 4e.

[Doug McCrae]

5. I ODed on 4e news and now I'm a bit bored with the whole thing. For me the in depth info seems to make it less interesting, not more.

 

[CleverNickName]

To be fair, that's 70% of people who still read and post on the 4e forum i.e. who are more likely to be interested in 4e in the first place.

Absolutely. I imagine this poll would have gotten different results if it had been posted in the General Discussion forum. And it would be practically reversed if it had been posted in the D20/Pathfinder forum (or over on Paizo's own message board.)

But here, this poll is sort of like asking everyone in line at Baskin Robins whether or not they like ice cream.

 

[SSquirrel]

7.

It's not my fantasy heartbreaker, but pretty close. The only thing preventing the higher scores is a) not enough material known about rituals, and b) I like Arcana Evolved's ideas (unified spell system, some of the implied flavour) more. When the rituals turn out good, 4E will become an 8 to 9.

If you redo AE with 4E math and basic principles, you get my 10.

EDIT: But then, 3E is for me a 6-7 and AE a 7-8 currently.

Cheers, LT.

4E AE is a dream of mine, but it's already moved in many of the same directions, hence why the interest in 4E is so high. Take several of my favorite mechanical changes from AE and incorporate them. AE made healing easier b/c all casters could heal. 4E makes it easier w/healing surges and leader healing abilities. AE is my only other D&D related interest other than 4E. To answer mmu1's question, I might be able to imagine myself being more excited about a new version of an RPG, but that wasn't what the question was. The question was about anticipation and expectation. I voted the max 9 for just that reason. Besides, 4E has every one of my local gaming friends extremely excited and far more interested in D&D than they have been since 3.5 was released.

Amusingly enough, my wife is so sick of seeing us never getting to game that I have her conned into running Arcana Evolved. I'll be assisting w/any NPCs in our group and pre-genning all the PCs for her. If we run an adventure or 2 and people want to re-customize or completely replace their characters with accumulated XP they can. Another friend will likely be running occasional CoC or Vampire/Mage (OWOD style) to help keep thinsg fresh for us. Once 4E is out, I expect we will be playing it as well in our mix.

 

[GAAAHHH]

To paraphrase Mitch Hedberg:
People either love 4th edition D&D or they hate it. Or they think it's ok.

I voted 6. I'm looking forward to the release. I'm probably even going to play it if I can find a group for it (unlikely around here). My preferred games are likely to remain BECMI D&D and GURPS, though.

 

[Vague Jayhawk]

I voted 6. I have to admit that I am torn. I am curious, but wary.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

To paraphrase Mitch Hedberg:
People either love 4th edition D&D or they hate it. Or they think it's ok.

 

[frankthedm]

Sooo, has the multiclassing article changed any opinions?

 

[hong]

Sooo, has the multiclassing article changed any opinions?

I'm actually more intrigued now. I'm curious to see how well I'll beable to do a fast wuxia swordsperson who can hold her own in melee, which is something that doesn't quite fall neatly into the predefined roles.

 

[Darth Cyric]

Sooo, has the multiclassing article changed any opinions?

It's actually grown on me after an initial reaction of "meh." That "meh" reaction meaning: "Well, it's better than 3.5's multiclassing, but making that comparison is damning with faint praise."

 

[CleverNickName]

Sooo, has the multiclassing article changed any opinions?

I guess my interest remains unchanged. Multiclassing has always been a bit of an odd mechanic, and it looks like it will continue to be odd. So, yeah. Just more of the same.

Still at 3.