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<blockquote data-quote="Erdric Dragin" data-source="post: 8122553" data-attributes="member: 6785197"><p>Were that true, we wouldn't have so many editions. Just updates and patches. Like how an MMORPG works. New editions are always meant for new recruits, because in every instance of a new edition it was always rather sudden, it was never because the main customer base desired it. It was always to get "new blood" so to speak, for an influx of cash. Rinse, wash, repeat.</p><p></p><p>I miss the days before WotC. Back when the books had smaller font to fit more material, larger in page count, so much lore, poster maps, massive campaign setting material and world building, and always new and different ways to play the same game while still keeping it within the same edition and compatible with the rest of the game. </p><p></p><p>The boxed sets alone were glorious. I hate my past self as a kid for not taking good care of the boxed sets I had. There's a reason they're worth several hundred dollars per box now. Had I known D&D was going to change so drastically, I would have taken perfect care of all my boxed sets. Had every Ravenloft and Planescape one. Still have them but they're all so battered.</p><p></p><p>Now it's "Here's an adventure 2-3 times a year, put an extremely tiny bit of everything else, and call it a night."</p><p></p><p>Corporations suck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Erdric Dragin, post: 8122553, member: 6785197"] Were that true, we wouldn't have so many editions. Just updates and patches. Like how an MMORPG works. New editions are always meant for new recruits, because in every instance of a new edition it was always rather sudden, it was never because the main customer base desired it. It was always to get "new blood" so to speak, for an influx of cash. Rinse, wash, repeat. I miss the days before WotC. Back when the books had smaller font to fit more material, larger in page count, so much lore, poster maps, massive campaign setting material and world building, and always new and different ways to play the same game while still keeping it within the same edition and compatible with the rest of the game. The boxed sets alone were glorious. I hate my past self as a kid for not taking good care of the boxed sets I had. There's a reason they're worth several hundred dollars per box now. Had I known D&D was going to change so drastically, I would have taken perfect care of all my boxed sets. Had every Ravenloft and Planescape one. Still have them but they're all so battered. Now it's "Here's an adventure 2-3 times a year, put an extremely tiny bit of everything else, and call it a night." Corporations suck. [/QUOTE]
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