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<blockquote data-quote="Draksila" data-source="post: 4519056" data-attributes="member: 31376">I have to disagree with your assertion, there.&nbsp; When 3.5 came out, many fans cried out 'Foul!' and claimed that WotC was bilking them for their hard-earned cash.&nbsp; People respond just as harshly to a new revision as they do a new edition.&nbsp; Granted, there are significant changes between this edition and the previous that likely not have been as profound as when they plaster a sticker on the game claiming a full overhaul, but I knew a lot of people and read a lot of commentary online about how much of a ripoff it was to buy the corebooks again without it being a completely new product.&nbsp;Frankly, at this point, I say just like what you like and buy accordingly.&nbsp; There are plenty of books out there for basic, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd edition... age just makes some of them harder to locate.&nbsp; If you don't like where a certain product line is going, stick with your tried and true and be thankful that you have extra money in your pocket every month.&nbsp; The company made its decision based on its own research and business needs.&nbsp; They're not going to change the direction of the product line at this point, so there's really no reason to even bother wondering why they changed their train of thought or (in the cases of a lot of threads in the last few months, not this particular one) throwing a hissy fit that they're not following your particular tastes.&nbsp; Play the game that makes you and your group happy, let those who like the new take on things play the new game, and just find solidarity in the idea that we're all weird enough to enjoy spending our spare hours pretending to be reality-altering heroes and villains in a world where such epic destinies are denied to the majority of the population.&nbsp;I guess that's a lot of words just to say that I think that over-analyzing it is dangerous and unnecessary, being that it's prone to cause the more passionate people in our hobby to take up arms against each other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Draksila, post: 4519056, member: 31376"] I have to disagree with your assertion, there. When 3.5 came out, [I]many[/I] fans cried out 'Foul!' and claimed that WotC was bilking them for their hard-earned cash. People respond just as harshly to a new revision as they do a new edition. Granted, there are significant changes between this edition and the previous that likely not have been as profound as when they plaster a sticker on the game claiming a full overhaul, but I knew a lot of people and read a lot of commentary online about how much of a ripoff it was to buy the corebooks again [I]without [/I]it being a completely new product. Frankly, at this point, I say just like what you like and buy accordingly. There are plenty of books out there for basic, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd edition... age just makes some of them harder to locate. If you don't like where a certain product line is going, stick with your tried and true and be thankful that you have extra money in your pocket every month. The company made its decision based on its own research and business needs. They're not going to change the direction of the product line at this point, so there's really no reason to even bother wondering why they changed their train of thought or (in the cases of a lot of threads in the last few months, not this particular one) throwing a hissy fit that they're not following your particular tastes. Play the game that makes you and your group happy, let those who like the new take on things play the new game, and just find solidarity in the idea that we're all weird enough to enjoy spending our spare hours pretending to be reality-altering heroes and villains in a world where such epic destinies are denied to the majority of the population. I guess that's a lot of words just to say that I think that over-analyzing it is dangerous and unnecessary, being that it's prone to cause the more passionate people in our hobby to take up arms against each other. [/QUOTE]

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