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

[Toryx]

3. I've seen some interesting things; some not-so-great things; and a lot of "different but not better or worse" things. There are some things outside 4E itself (the way the GSL is shaping up, my lack of faith in WotC to produce a decent electronic character generator, the fact that I still enjoy and have tons of materials for -- and players for -- 3E) that are weighing heavily against my switching.

Everything he said, exactly.

 

[tresson]

It's not a question of perfection. I just think of it as more binary.

0 is freezing, 10 is hot.

Actual if we're talking binary the 0 is still zero but 10 is two

 

[mmu1]

But mmu, aren't people voting for how hotly they are anticipating it, not actually rating the game?

Did I misunderstand the question? It says "rating your interest," not "predict how good the game will be".

Well... Sure, but he's also asking people to judge everything we've heard about the game so far, and base their answer on that. Presumbaly, the level of excitement correlates with how good they think it'll be... and not just with how much they like shiny things.

 

[Jackelope King]

7. I'm interested. The game sounds like it'll be good. But I can't get myself in a fit over it. I'm not happy with some stuff swirling around about the GSL at all, and the DDI stuff looks weak to me so far, but the game itself looks solid enough to warrant a pre-order.

 

[Masquerade]

I voted 8 because the majority of things that I've seen or heard about I really like, but there are a few mechanics that I don't like the sound of at the moment (marking mechanic, I'm looking at you!)

Ditto. I can't say I love everything I've heard about 4e, but everything I dislike is easily changed (or, at worst, easily ignored). I think it's going to be a great game, and I'm more excited for it now than I was back in August.

 

[EATherrian]

I voted a 3. I'm going to buy the books, but most of what I read doesn't really thrill me. I'll play it a bit before I make a decision one way or another, but it just doesn't look like the game I grew up with anymore.

 

[Dragonbait]

I was about a 6 last month. Then I played through 3 D&D sessions where we had to stop everything to look up the nuances of Move Silently, Hide, Shaken, Fear, Concentration, and info on the spiked chain.

Yeah, I voted 8.

 

[CleverNickName]

I would rate my interest at around 3. Maybe I am more pessimistic than the next nerd, but I just can't bring myself to assume that 4E will be the Best Game Evar, sight-unseen. Right now, it seems that its biggest selling point is "look everyone...it's not three-five!" And while that proclaimation is easy to rally around, it is hardly unique. There are a lot of games that "aren't three-five" out there. I need a bigger reason to like 4E.

Up until just last week, we have been given very little "real" information on 4E. Sure, there were little teaser bits, rumors, rampant speculation, a picture of a mini or a pregenerated character...some of it good, some of it bad. But there was nothing solid, nothing really playable. I tried to run a "pre-4E" game with the piecemeal information that fans had collected and a fan-written adventure, and it was a catastrophe. Now that WotC has started filling the information void, my interest has started to pick up...but for a while there, I was getting tired of hearing about it. It's hard to stay excited about gossip.

This is probably why I am more interested in Pathfinder right now. Paizo has released much more information than WotC has, and they've released it in a much more useful format. Paizo is also soliciting playtesting from a much wider base of players...anyone who wants to playtest it can do so. In short: I've seen more of Pathfinder than I have of 4E, and I've played more Pathfinder than I have 4E. This doesn't make it a better game, necessarily...but it does make me more interested.

I imagine my interest will go up 2 or 3 points once I have the books...but unless 4E jumps the shark as soon as I open the box, my interest won't go much higher than that.

 

[Ulthwithian]

I voted an 8 because I won't give top honors to something I have not seen in its entirety.

Almost every paradigm shift in 4E I agree with. I may not agree with the _implementation_ of the shift, but I can agree with it in principle and (unlike many others here, apparently) I have faith that WotC Design decided on the implementation they did based on more information than 'a whim'.

In the realm of quarterly releases of CCGs, almost-monthly content patches for MMOs, I'm generally in a state of anticipation (whether positive or negative) regarding my chosen hobbies. I can easily say that I anticipate the release of 4E more than I have any other single release I've anticipated in the last few years.

If WotC can address my chief issue with RPGs (which is more an issue with human nature), they'll get an 11.

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

I don't think anyone hear needs me to repeat to know what my position on 4e is. I'll take Pathfinder.