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<blockquote data-quote="wolff96" data-source="post: 5003985" data-attributes="member: 342">As one of the Warhammer FRP fans, I can speak for myself and my group:&nbsp; We're not going anywhere.&nbsp; I'm going to be checking the game out if I get a chance, but purely for my own curiousity as a system-junkie.&nbsp; There's only one problem with 2e in our humble opinion:&nbsp; It's hard to find the books since they went out of print!-----------------------------I realize why FFG has made this decision.&nbsp; I can even empathize with their need to turn a profit.&nbsp; But I (as a consumer) can't stand the whole &quot;expansion pack&quot; mentality that seems to have enveloped gaming lately.&nbsp; One could argue that it goes back a long ways -- especially with the GURPs library, but to use a current example:&nbsp; D&amp;D 4e releases new books all the time.&nbsp; (D&amp;D 3e did the same thing at slightly less regular intervals, this is edition non-specific.)New classes, new monsters, new options.&nbsp; As a company, this is good strategy as long as you can maintain interest.&nbsp; ESPECIALLY when the new options are for players.&nbsp; There's always been a lot more players than DMs, so it increases possible revenue.I'm not telling anyone anything they don't already know here, I'm sure...&nbsp; but a big part of the fundamental identity of Warhammer are their terrible starting careers -- your destination and ambition are what matters, not where you started.&nbsp; But if I can't even be a Ratcatcher (with his small, but vicious dog) without buying an expansion pack, that's kind of a big deal to me.&nbsp; Maybe that's just me.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="wolff96, post: 5003985, member: 342"] As one of the Warhammer FRP fans, I can speak for myself and my group: We're not going anywhere. I'm going to be checking the game out if I get a chance, but purely for my own curiousity as a system-junkie. There's only one problem with 2e in our humble opinion: It's hard to find the books since they went out of print! ----------------------------- I realize why FFG has made this decision. I can even empathize with their need to turn a profit. But I (as a consumer) can't stand the whole "expansion pack" mentality that seems to have enveloped gaming lately. One could argue that it goes back a long ways -- especially with the GURPs [i]library[/i], but to use a current example: D&D 4e releases new books all the time. (D&D 3e did the same thing at slightly less regular intervals, this is edition non-specific.) New classes, new monsters, new options. As a company, this is good strategy as long as you can maintain interest. ESPECIALLY when the new options are for players. There's always been a lot more players than DMs, so it increases possible revenue. I'm not telling anyone anything they don't already know here, I'm sure... but a big part of the fundamental identity of Warhammer are their terrible starting careers -- your destination and ambition are what matters, not where you started. But if I can't even be a Ratcatcher (with his small, but vicious dog) without buying an expansion pack, that's kind of a big deal to me. Maybe that's just me. :) [/QUOTE]

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