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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4518758" data-attributes="member: 59506">I tried posting this earlier in the conversation but it was eaten (it encountered an internet sphere of annihilation<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />).&nbsp; I hope this isn't too far behind the conversation, although I have read the rest of the thread (and now I'm TIRED!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />).&nbsp;&nbsp;I just turned 40 this year also, and I am not switching to 4E, but I really don't know if it has anything to do with my age or &quot;generation&quot;.&nbsp; I'd be interested in seeing a poll of those who switched and didn't switch based on age group.&nbsp; Maybe there is a generational facet to it, maybe there isn't.&nbsp; Hmmmm.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm&nbsp; &nbsp; :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" />&nbsp;Anyways, I agree with Jeff for the most part.&nbsp; In fact I probably feel about 90% the same way.&nbsp; So I'm not trying to belittle him or his opinion.&nbsp; But... &nbsp;I don't think that WoTC decided that I'm not their target customer anymore, I think it's that I decided I'm not their target customer anymore.&nbsp; &nbsp;Now, that doesn't mean I have anything against WoTC.&nbsp; I don't.&nbsp; I think WoTC made a smart business decision based on their financial and market research, and on customer and fan feedback.&nbsp; They just used that information to go in a different way than I would have preferred.&nbsp; They made a game that's popular, achieved the goals they set out to achieve, and I'm sure it's making money hand over fist, and I'm happy for them.&nbsp;I'm just a little sad and disapointed (in the situation, not in WoTC) that our paths are diverging.&nbsp; But the reality is, it hasn't changed my game or the enjoyment I and my players have when playing it, one single bit.&nbsp; When the game is afoot, and the dice and monsters are being thrown about, the whole 4E/3E thing is the farthest from my mind.&nbsp; And I think that's all that really matters.&nbsp;Now, maybe in 5 or 10 years, when 5E comes out, it may feel more like the type of game I prefer.&nbsp; I may even feel that D&amp;D has gone &quot;back to it's roots&quot;, or that I want to &quot;play more&quot;<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />, but that's for the future.&nbsp; I do think it's less from anything WoTC has done, than it is my tastes have diverged from theirs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 4518758, member: 59506"] I tried posting this earlier in the conversation but it was eaten (it encountered an internet sphere of annihilation;)). I hope this isn't too far behind the conversation, although I have read the rest of the thread (and now I'm TIRED!:D). I just turned 40 this year also, and I am not switching to 4E, but I really don't know if it has anything to do with my age or "generation". I'd be interested in seeing a poll of those who switched and didn't switch based on age group. Maybe there is a generational facet to it, maybe there isn't. Hmmmm.:hmm: Anyways, I agree with Jeff for the most part. In fact I probably feel about 90% the same way. So I'm not trying to belittle him or his opinion. But... [SIZE=3][COLOR=lime]I don't think that WoTC decided that I'm not their target customer anymore, I think it's that [B][I][U][SIZE=4]I[/SIZE][/U][/I] [/B]decided I'm not their target customer anymore.[/COLOR][/SIZE] Now, that doesn't mean I have anything against WoTC. I don't. I think WoTC made a smart business decision based on their financial and market research, and on customer and fan feedback. They just used that information to go in a different way than I would have preferred. They made a game that's popular, achieved the goals they set out to achieve, and I'm sure it's making money hand over fist, and I'm happy for them. I'm just a little sad and disapointed (in the situation, not in WoTC) that our paths are diverging. But the reality is, it hasn't changed my game or the enjoyment I and my players have when playing it, one single bit. When the game is afoot, and the dice and monsters are being thrown about, the whole 4E/3E thing is the farthest from my mind. And I think that's all that really matters. Now, maybe in 5 or 10 years, when 5E comes out, it may feel more like the type of game I prefer. I may even feel that D&D has gone [I]"back to it's roots"[/I], or that I want to [I]"play more"[/I];), but that's for the future. I do think it's less from anything WoTC has done, than it is my tastes have diverged from theirs. [/QUOTE]

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