One thing that has emerged in this thread is the question, "If you don't like 4e, why are you complaining, it's coming anyway?".
I think it's a valid question so I'll answer it myself.
I love D&D, it's one of my main hobbies and it's something I spend a lot of time on. I have since I was 9 years old and gaming with my family. It's something I like talking about with people who share the hobby, that's why I'm on the ENWORLD forums to begin with (well also to read sepulchrave's story hour).
Now that a big change is coming along it's something I want to talk about and discuss my opinions with my fellow D&D enthusiasts. I don't expect it to change the outcome of 4e and if that's what I wanted I'd be contacting WoTC, not my fellow enworlders.
Also there's the hope that if I say, "I'm not happy about (for example) healing surges" then someone will come along and say, "Well actually they're good because of X" or "You can solve that problem by doing Y" and I won't have to worry so much about 4e. (For the most part they haven't people have just said things like "You're an idiot, 3e had stupid healing").
I want to like 4e, but right now I'm not too happy about the decisions the design team are making. So I'm talking about this.
A year ago if I was complaining that I didn't like the Complete Mage book, there would be no question of why I'm doing it or that it shouldn't be on the board. Now that I'm complaining that I potentially don't like the 4e PHB this is a problem... why?
I think it's a valid question so I'll answer it myself.
I love D&D, it's one of my main hobbies and it's something I spend a lot of time on. I have since I was 9 years old and gaming with my family. It's something I like talking about with people who share the hobby, that's why I'm on the ENWORLD forums to begin with (well also to read sepulchrave's story hour).
Now that a big change is coming along it's something I want to talk about and discuss my opinions with my fellow D&D enthusiasts. I don't expect it to change the outcome of 4e and if that's what I wanted I'd be contacting WoTC, not my fellow enworlders.
Also there's the hope that if I say, "I'm not happy about (for example) healing surges" then someone will come along and say, "Well actually they're good because of X" or "You can solve that problem by doing Y" and I won't have to worry so much about 4e. (For the most part they haven't people have just said things like "You're an idiot, 3e had stupid healing").
I want to like 4e, but right now I'm not too happy about the decisions the design team are making. So I'm talking about this.
A year ago if I was complaining that I didn't like the Complete Mage book, there would be no question of why I'm doing it or that it shouldn't be on the board. Now that I'm complaining that I potentially don't like the 4e PHB this is a problem... why?