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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8550201" data-attributes="member: 6801845"><p>There are some of us who <s>hate </s>dislike 4E even though we did everything possible to support it. As far as being a failure ... I saw it with my own eyes. I ran or helped run 2 public games in a major metro area. Initially we lost some people at the start but were soon packed. For a while. Then it just slowly but inevitably died as people burned out on it and went to find a Pathfinder game or something else to spend their free time on.</p><p></p><p>Despite playing and running the game from when 4E was released to when 5E was published I wouldn't play it again. My wife hates it, I just thought it broke down after level 10 or so and burned out on it. It has nothing to do with memes. It's not some vast conspiracy theory. It was just not a popular game long term amongst the dozens of people I played with. Probably around 1 in 20 people expressed interest in continuing to play the version.</p><p></p><p>This has nothing to to with edition wars, people like what they like. I liked some aspects of the game. But unlike 5E, 4E had a boom and bust cycle similar to previous editions. It had some good ideas but just didn't have broad lasting appeal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8550201, member: 6801845"] There are some of us who [S]hate [/S]dislike 4E even though we did everything possible to support it. As far as being a failure ... I saw it with my own eyes. I ran or helped run 2 public games in a major metro area. Initially we lost some people at the start but were soon packed. For a while. Then it just slowly but inevitably died as people burned out on it and went to find a Pathfinder game or something else to spend their free time on. Despite playing and running the game from when 4E was released to when 5E was published I wouldn't play it again. My wife hates it, I just thought it broke down after level 10 or so and burned out on it. It has nothing to do with memes. It's not some vast conspiracy theory. It was just not a popular game long term amongst the dozens of people I played with. Probably around 1 in 20 people expressed interest in continuing to play the version. This has nothing to to with edition wars, people like what they like. I liked some aspects of the game. But unlike 5E, 4E had a boom and bust cycle similar to previous editions. It had some good ideas but just didn't have broad lasting appeal. [/QUOTE]
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