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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7965028" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>I would say it's approximately 23.8%.</p><p></p><p>I genuinely believe the kids who grew up on 1e D&D are now the parents teaching their now-teenage kids to play D&D. And both Mearls and Crawford (and I think one other designer) have said that at some point they are seeing a very strong old-school contingent who have come back to the game after not playing it basically since the late 80s. It's one reason why they grabbed a couple of old school consultants to help give advice on these new rules to begin with. And why they focused pretty hard on those old school adventures, and some old school themes in this edition, and even an old school organization system for some of the rules where you sort of discover the rules as you read as opposed to using the index and more modern organizational structure.</p><p></p><p>I also think we're looking at now more than 50% of the players who are completely new to D&D and playing D&D for the first time with 5e. Let's call it about 53%. Players who only know psionics by the small element of them which already exists in the game and which appears to be able to link to a monster here and there but which has no unified theme, or by rumor from past editions which often harkens back to the beginning with 1E.</p><p></p><p>Which, to me, leaves about 23.2% for that 3E-4E contingent (I am not counting 2E because I really think most of them are very find of 1E as well, and that the Psionicist really isn't the same animal as this Psion concept from 3e and 4e. I also think a lot of the 3E contingent got bled-off to Pathfinder). </p><p></p><p>This is all of course give or take a few percent <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>But that 23.2% contingent is strong on message boards like this one (which the devs have also said, directly, is not representative of the majority opinions of 5e players that they've found in their surveys). Because the message boards like this one were started with 3E. </p><p></p><p>However, if you look at the more modern message board type systems, such as Reddit, you will find that 3E-4E contingent isn't nearly as strong as a place like this one.</p><p></p><p>So there you have it, my honest opinion. I really, genuinely think you're wrong. I really, genuinely, think you're a victim of confirmation bias on this topic. That you post where the 3E-4E contingent is strongest, and so have fooled yourself into thinking your views represent a majority that they do not.</p><p></p><p>You don't have to like my opinion, but you did ask for people's honest opinion as to whether they think you're correct. And I truly do not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 7965028, member: 2525"] I would say it's approximately 23.8%. I genuinely believe the kids who grew up on 1e D&D are now the parents teaching their now-teenage kids to play D&D. And both Mearls and Crawford (and I think one other designer) have said that at some point they are seeing a very strong old-school contingent who have come back to the game after not playing it basically since the late 80s. It's one reason why they grabbed a couple of old school consultants to help give advice on these new rules to begin with. And why they focused pretty hard on those old school adventures, and some old school themes in this edition, and even an old school organization system for some of the rules where you sort of discover the rules as you read as opposed to using the index and more modern organizational structure. I also think we're looking at now more than 50% of the players who are completely new to D&D and playing D&D for the first time with 5e. Let's call it about 53%. Players who only know psionics by the small element of them which already exists in the game and which appears to be able to link to a monster here and there but which has no unified theme, or by rumor from past editions which often harkens back to the beginning with 1E. Which, to me, leaves about 23.2% for that 3E-4E contingent (I am not counting 2E because I really think most of them are very find of 1E as well, and that the Psionicist really isn't the same animal as this Psion concept from 3e and 4e. I also think a lot of the 3E contingent got bled-off to Pathfinder). This is all of course give or take a few percent :) But that 23.2% contingent is strong on message boards like this one (which the devs have also said, directly, is not representative of the majority opinions of 5e players that they've found in their surveys). Because the message boards like this one were started with 3E. However, if you look at the more modern message board type systems, such as Reddit, you will find that 3E-4E contingent isn't nearly as strong as a place like this one. So there you have it, my honest opinion. I really, genuinely think you're wrong. I really, genuinely, think you're a victim of confirmation bias on this topic. That you post where the 3E-4E contingent is strongest, and so have fooled yourself into thinking your views represent a majority that they do not. You don't have to like my opinion, but you did ask for people's honest opinion as to whether they think you're correct. And I truly do not. [/QUOTE]
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