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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 3723745" data-attributes="member: 22424">I think it's valid to be excited about the upcoming edition. I think it's valid to be worried about the upcoming edition. It's even valid to be excited and worried about the upcoming edition at the same time, I think.I'm not sure it's sensible to declare that 4e is the best thing ever, or to declare that 4e is an abomination, since we don't know enough about the content to make that sort of an assessment. On the other hand, it is valid to declare that you will/won't buy it, even at this point - it's your money to do with as you see fit.However, I do think it's valid to express a negative reaction to the specific changes that are made as and when the information about those changes becomes available (although it is very easy to slip into hyperbole when doing so). If you don't like the notion that gnomes are no longer a core race, then surely it's valid to say so? If you actually liked the magic item 'Christmas tree', then commenting about it's removal must be valid, no? It's also valid, I think, to say that you object to a particular change so strongly that you now won't buy the game - again, it's your money to do with as you see fit.Oh, but it's probably too early to declare that any particular change won't work for the game as a whole. (Or, conversely, that it will work for the game as a whole.) To know that, you'd need to know much more about the system as a whole.All IMO, of course.Oh, and for the record, my stance: I'm both excited and worried about the mechanical changes in the new edition. A lot of what I've heard worries me, but I remain optimistic that the WotC designers know what they're doing, and the system will therefore be an improvement.</blockquote>

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