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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8182059" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>And this means you'll decide not to play the new version, and probably stick with 5E.</p><p></p><p>And there's nothing wrong with that.</p><p></p><p>There is absolutely no reason whatsoever that a person play the "newest" edition of the game. If they choose to... it's because they want to. There are probable conveniences that come with that-- larger playerbase, new items being published, common talking points etc.-- but there is absolutely no reason they need to, are forced to, nor do they get "brownie points" from anyone for doing so.</p><p></p><p>So if you get "left behind" with this eventual shift... you will join the hundreds of thousands of players who have been "left behind" with <em>every other edition change</em> in the game. That's just what happens. People see beloved rules or rules they think were essential to their gaming go away... and they then have to decide whether those rules were so important that they just can't play the new version. And that is exactly what some people do-- we have a number of players here on the boards that are still playing 4E as we speak because 5E moved on everything they liked. But for the rest of us? I think we all learn rather quickly when we play the new versions that the stuff we thought was important in the "rules"... just really don't matter in the long run. All the other stuff mentioned-- the playerbase, publishing, being part of the current collective-- all end up being more important to us and keep us playing the new version... even if there are specific rules we don't like.</p><p></p><p>Cause we can always change those rules in our games and put them back the way we used to like them. And it ISN'T a big deal to do so... despite much of the hemming and hawing here from some people making seem like it is. So you are not special. You too will see "important" game rules moved on from. It is to be expected, and should not be surprising in the least. It's the way the game is made. Accept it or dig in your heels, your choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8182059, member: 7006"] And this means you'll decide not to play the new version, and probably stick with 5E. And there's nothing wrong with that. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever that a person play the "newest" edition of the game. If they choose to... it's because they want to. There are probable conveniences that come with that-- larger playerbase, new items being published, common talking points etc.-- but there is absolutely no reason they need to, are forced to, nor do they get "brownie points" from anyone for doing so. So if you get "left behind" with this eventual shift... you will join the hundreds of thousands of players who have been "left behind" with [I]every other edition change[/I] in the game. That's just what happens. People see beloved rules or rules they think were essential to their gaming go away... and they then have to decide whether those rules were so important that they just can't play the new version. And that is exactly what some people do-- we have a number of players here on the boards that are still playing 4E as we speak because 5E moved on everything they liked. But for the rest of us? I think we all learn rather quickly when we play the new versions that the stuff we thought was important in the "rules"... just really don't matter in the long run. All the other stuff mentioned-- the playerbase, publishing, being part of the current collective-- all end up being more important to us and keep us playing the new version... even if there are specific rules we don't like. Cause we can always change those rules in our games and put them back the way we used to like them. And it ISN'T a big deal to do so... despite much of the hemming and hawing here from some people making seem like it is. So you are not special. You too will see "important" game rules moved on from. It is to be expected, and should not be surprising in the least. It's the way the game is made. Accept it or dig in your heels, your choice. [/QUOTE]
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