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<blockquote data-quote="Stormtower" data-source="post: 3714530" data-attributes="member: 43631">Most of my local group was at GenCon for the announcement, as I was.Brief synopsis of thoughts:We felt talked down to with quotes like &quot;Start thinking about wrapping up your 3.5 campaigns&quot; and &quot;we will help players to better understand their role in the party&quot; (paraphrasing here) from Bill Slavicsek.&nbsp;&nbsp; WotC doesn't get to define our campaign timelines or playstyle.We felt slapped in the face by the earliness of the announcement.&nbsp; Much of the 3.5 splatbook material has yet to be integrated or even sampled by our group.&nbsp; Several of us are heavily invested in the 3.5 minis and books.We felt the lack of backwards compatibility was intentional on the part of WotC - who are, to my mind, some of the most talented designers in the business - to push us into 4e.Finally, as Living Greyhawk players and DMs, we were stung by WotC's choice to drop LG from the supported campaigns and to essentially bury the Greyhawk IP.I have enough 3.5 material in my homebrew to play for the next quarter century or more, and the OGL allows me to design my own stuff after we run out.&nbsp; We'll be voting with our wallets and not supporting 4e or the Insider.3.5/OGL works for us, we feel that we have only scratched the surface of what is possible within the system for both storytelling and tactical/combat challenges, and there is no compelling reason to switch with Living Greyhawk being discontinued.It's sad but also liberating.&nbsp; I know we will have a smaller pool of players from which to choose as the iterations of D&amp;D increasingly splinter the face-to-face tabletop D&amp;D&nbsp; community, but we are loyal to 3.5 and the OGL and, despite plenty of disposable income, disinclined to provide WotC with positive feedback regarding their decision to switch editions.I will miss being active in the RPGA, but I have no doubt that there will be many others who follow a similar path.&nbsp; To those who are excited about 4e, I hope it is all that you want it to be.&nbsp; Game on!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormtower, post: 3714530, member: 43631"] Most of my local group was at GenCon for the announcement, as I was. Brief synopsis of thoughts: We felt talked down to with quotes like "Start thinking about wrapping up your 3.5 campaigns" and "we will help players to better understand their role in the party" (paraphrasing here) from Bill Slavicsek. WotC doesn't get to define our campaign timelines or playstyle. We felt slapped in the face by the earliness of the announcement. Much of the 3.5 splatbook material has yet to be integrated or even sampled by our group. Several of us are heavily invested in the 3.5 minis and books. We felt the lack of backwards compatibility was intentional on the part of WotC - who are, to my mind, some of the most talented designers in the business - to push us into 4e. Finally, as Living Greyhawk players and DMs, we were stung by WotC's choice to drop LG from the supported campaigns and to essentially bury the Greyhawk IP. I have enough 3.5 material in my homebrew to play for the next quarter century or more, and the OGL allows me to design my own stuff after we run out. We'll be voting with our wallets and not supporting 4e or the Insider. 3.5/OGL works for us, we feel that we have only scratched the surface of what is possible within the system for both storytelling and tactical/combat challenges, and there is no compelling reason to switch with Living Greyhawk being discontinued. It's sad but also liberating. I know we will have a smaller pool of players from which to choose as the iterations of D&D increasingly splinter the face-to-face tabletop D&D community, but we are loyal to 3.5 and the OGL and, despite plenty of disposable income, disinclined to provide WotC with positive feedback regarding their decision to switch editions. I will miss being active in the RPGA, but I have no doubt that there will be many others who follow a similar path. To those who are excited about 4e, I hope it is all that you want it to be. Game on! [/QUOTE]

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