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<blockquote data-quote="cougent" data-source="post: 4523817" data-attributes="member: 48665">Coming full circle back to the OP message it also seems to be a strong perception that the group you mentioned and I emphasized becomes the new target audience.&nbsp; I know I felt that way early on, but after a while I adopted more of this attitude:No one held a gun to my head and said &quot;You must buy it all or else!&quot;, I became a collector out of my own free will, so there really is no one to blame for this sense of loss other than myself.&nbsp; Also the sense of loss is only that the material I already own is now not current, yes it can be converted, and yes it can still be played, so no it has not really lost anything.&nbsp; It is just a perception of loss.I have also made a choice to follow TK's other wisdom for financial reasons in the future as well, which is also ironic because it will now move me from the group who fully support the game (buys everything) to the group that marginally supports the game... and quite possibly move me back towards that target audience for future editions.This reminds me of the model for software products.&nbsp; I have some brand new stuff and some that is several years old that newer versions are available, but the old version is still working just fine. [My ability to &quot;word process&quot; is hampered far more by my typing than any software]I agree completely with this, and see a close paralel here to music.&nbsp; I still like the music I liked 30 years ago as a teenager, and that is still the bulk of the music that I do like and own.&nbsp; That does not in any way make it better or worse than music produced within the last 30 years, in fact I like much of that as well.&nbsp; I don't expect a new group to try and sound like a 30 year old group, even on a remix or cover.&nbsp; I think of 4E as the latest trend in music, neither good nor bad, just not my interest at the moment.Exactly!&nbsp; I may buy 4E sometime, just as I may buy a new group's CD tomorrow, but until then I will enjoy my 3E and my old LP's.I accept that what WotC does and what significantly smaller 3PP do have to be very different in scope and scale.&nbsp; It may just be that the target audience I am a part of has become too small for WotC, but may be perfect for a 3PP market (PF/AE).&nbsp; That doesn't make WotC evil, but neither does it make me bad for not following along.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cougent, post: 4523817, member: 48665"] Coming full circle back to the OP message it also seems to be a strong perception that the group you mentioned and I emphasized becomes the new target audience. I know I felt that way early on, but after a while I adopted more of this attitude: No one held a gun to my head and said "You must buy it all or else!", I became a collector out of my own free will, so there really is no one to blame for this sense of loss other than myself. Also the sense of loss is only that the material I already own is now not current, yes it can be converted, and yes it can still be played, so no it has not really lost anything. It is just a perception of loss. I have also made a choice to follow TK's other wisdom for financial reasons in the future as well, which is also ironic because it will now move me from the group who fully support the game (buys everything) to the group that marginally supports the game... and quite possibly move me back towards that target audience for future editions. This reminds me of the model for software products. I have some brand new stuff and some that is several years old that newer versions are available, but the old version is still working just fine. [My ability to "word process" is hampered far more by my typing than any software] I agree completely with this, and see a close paralel here to music. I still like the music I liked 30 years ago as a teenager, and that is still the bulk of the music that I do like and own. That does not in any way make it better or worse than music produced within the last 30 years, in fact I like much of that as well. I don't expect a new group to try and sound like a 30 year old group, even on a remix or cover. I think of 4E as the latest trend in music, neither good nor bad, just not my interest at the moment. Exactly! I may buy 4E sometime, just as I may buy a new group's CD tomorrow, but until then I will enjoy my 3E and my old LP's. I accept that what WotC does and what significantly smaller 3PP do have to be very different in scope and scale. It may just be that the target audience I am a part of has become too small for WotC, but may be perfect for a 3PP market (PF/AE). That doesn't make WotC evil, but neither does it make me bad for not following along. [/QUOTE]

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