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<blockquote data-quote="Stormtower" data-source="post: 3934681" data-attributes="member: 43631">I very much like the stuff that Mike Mearls has been posting about design (check some of the other 4e threads for the specifics).&nbsp; He seems to have a real love of D&amp;D and is taking the game in new directions.&nbsp; I will continue to watch from afar and play my beloved 3.5e, because despite the good design intentions of Mearls &amp; Co. there are too many negatives from a marketing and business perspective for me to opt in to 4e.DDI/eDungeon/eDragon - no thanks, I prefer printed issues arriving in my mail slot.&nbsp; Paying for a basic DDI subscription, and then paying &quot;about the price of a cup of coffee&quot; to unlock online PDFs of books I already paid for?&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; Buying actual plastic minis for tabletop use, and then paying again for &quot;Virtual&quot; versions of the minis (randomized like the M:tG online)?&nbsp; Nope.4e about 2-3 years too early?&nbsp; IMO, yes.The flavor/fluff changes are disappointing thus far to me personally, but nonetheless I am pleased to see a design team willing to take risks with the established D&amp;D canon.&nbsp; But none of the places they've taken the flavor are appealing to me.I'm still watching the developments with intense interest, and I'm not a 4e hater, but I've not budged from my &quot;not buying&quot; stance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormtower, post: 3934681, member: 43631"] I very much like the stuff that Mike Mearls has been posting about design (check some of the other 4e threads for the specifics). He seems to have a real love of D&D and is taking the game in new directions. I will continue to watch from afar and play my beloved 3.5e, because despite the good design intentions of Mearls & Co. there are too many negatives from a marketing and business perspective for me to opt in to 4e. DDI/eDungeon/eDragon - no thanks, I prefer printed issues arriving in my mail slot. Paying for a basic DDI subscription, and then paying "about the price of a cup of coffee" to unlock online PDFs of books I already paid for? Nope. Buying actual plastic minis for tabletop use, and then paying again for "Virtual" versions of the minis (randomized like the M:tG online)? Nope. 4e about 2-3 years too early? IMO, yes. The flavor/fluff changes are disappointing thus far to me personally, but nonetheless I am pleased to see a design team willing to take risks with the established D&D canon. But none of the places they've taken the flavor are appealing to me. I'm still watching the developments with intense interest, and I'm not a 4e hater, but I've not budged from my "not buying" stance. [/QUOTE]

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