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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6204292" data-attributes="member: 22424">As Mistwell says, there were some fairly vociferous complaints about the 2nd-&gt;3e change. Indeed, the changeover from 1st-&gt;2nd also had some major complaints. The reason the 4e ones seem larger is that the internet is now ubiquitous.I fear, however, that the release of 5e won't see the same level of complaints. And, if so, that's a bad thing because it would mean nobody cares. Nerdrage or not, the complaints about the 1st-&gt;2nd change meant that people cared passionately about the game. The complaints about the 2nd-&gt;3e change meant that people cared passionately about the game. The complaints about the 3e-&gt;4e transition meant that people cared passionately about the game.If there aren't any such complaints about the 4e-&gt;5e transition (and I haven't seen them thus far, certainly at nowhere near the intensity of the last time), then I worry. Unless 5e is so good that it sees a near-universal adoption by the player base (yeah, right...), then a lack of an Edition War is a really bad sign.(Oh, and I agree with Storminator - I expect the big complaint to be that the adventures suck.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6204292, member: 22424"] As Mistwell says, there were some fairly vociferous complaints about the 2nd->3e change. Indeed, the changeover from 1st->2nd also had some major complaints. The reason the 4e ones seem larger is that the internet is now ubiquitous. I fear, however, that the release of 5e [i]won't[/i] see the same level of complaints. And, if so, that's a bad thing because it would mean nobody cares. Nerdrage or not, the complaints about the 1st->2nd change meant that people cared passionately about the game. The complaints about the 2nd->3e change meant that people cared passionately about the game. The complaints about the 3e->4e transition meant that people cared passionately about the game. If there aren't any such complaints about the 4e->5e transition (and I haven't seen them thus far, certainly at nowhere near the intensity of the last time), then I worry. Unless 5e is so good that it sees a near-universal adoption by the player base (yeah, right...), then a lack of an Edition War is a [i]really[/i] bad sign. (Oh, and I agree with Storminator - I expect the big complaint to be that the adventures suck.) [/QUOTE]

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