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<blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 3709224" data-attributes="member: 360">Yeah, 'there will be no 4.5' is pretty much a meaningless statement, because that's just saying they won't use that naming convention. If it means 'we're not going to release a major update only 3 years after a new edition', that's cool, but I think WotC understands that wasn't a great business move anyway. I think if 3.5 had been launched in 2005 or so, and with more advance warning, they could probably have changed more than they did with far less negative fan reaction. The big problem with the 3.0 to 3.5 transition was that it was a complete surprise, many of the changes were rather subtle, and some things didn't get fixed that should have.So while there may not be a 4.5, per se, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see a new set of core books in the 2012-2014 time frame that's anything from 4.0 with errata included and new art (just replacing the 4.0 PHB) to an incremental rules update along the lines of 1e to 2e (called 5e).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drothgery, post: 3709224, member: 360"] Yeah, 'there will be no 4.5' is pretty much a meaningless statement, because that's just saying they won't use that naming convention. If it means 'we're not going to release a major update only 3 years after a new edition', that's cool, but I think WotC understands that wasn't a great business move anyway. I think if 3.5 had been launched in 2005 or so, and with more advance warning, they could probably have changed more than they did with far less negative fan reaction. The big problem with the 3.0 to 3.5 transition was that it was a complete surprise, many of the changes were rather subtle, and some things didn't get fixed that should have. So while there may not be a 4.5, per se, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see a new set of core books in the 2012-2014 time frame that's anything from 4.0 with errata included and new art (just replacing the 4.0 PHB) to an incremental rules update along the lines of 1e to 2e (called 5e). [/QUOTE]

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