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<blockquote data-quote="landovers" data-source="post: 6226632" data-attributes="member: 6750964">I agree WotC would never make the &quot;mistake&quot; they made with 4e again. I love 4e for being bold and new, it brought me back to the hobby, but if anything 4e and Pathfinder (for entirely different reasons) have shown that most RPG gamers dislike change. I personally would be all over a totally different reboot of the mechanics with each edition. On the long run things ought to improve as the designers learn from the past, right? Alas, not many agree, and that's the entire reason WotC is going for &quot;a D&amp;D edition for everyone&quot;. I think this will be harder to pull off than to make a better game without biases towards the past (you risk being a jack-of-all-trades, master of none), but they have no choice. If they did not acknowledge their fanbase that took off with 4e right now they would likely lose those gamers forever. Right now WoTC has at least promised something for everyone of us (fans of all editions), so I feel we're sort of cautiously waiting to see, giving them the benefit of the doubt. I'd wager the playtest feedback has been all over the place, contradictory and frustrating to analyse. I'd not want to be on their skin right now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="landovers, post: 6226632, member: 6750964"] I agree WotC would never make the "mistake" they made with 4e again. I love 4e for being bold and new, it brought me back to the hobby, but if anything 4e and Pathfinder (for entirely different reasons) have shown that most RPG gamers dislike change. I personally would be all over a totally different reboot of the mechanics with each edition. On the long run things ought to improve as the designers learn from the past, right? Alas, not many agree, and that's the entire reason WotC is going for "a D&D edition for everyone". I think this will be harder to pull off than to make a better game without biases towards the past (you risk being a jack-of-all-trades, master of none), but they have no choice. If they did not acknowledge their fanbase that took off with 4e [I]right now[/I] they would likely lose those gamers forever. Right now WoTC has at least promised something for everyone of us (fans of all editions), so I feel we're sort of cautiously waiting to see, giving them the benefit of the doubt. I'd wager the playtest feedback has been all over the place, contradictory and frustrating to analyse. I'd not want to be on their skin right now. [/QUOTE]

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