D&D 4E Who else is going to be a deserter when 4e comes out?

[Quasqueton]

Someone explain this thinking to me:

If WotC puts out a new edition of D&D that you don't like/agree with, you'll leave D&D completely? Even though you don't have to buy it, don't have to play it, don't have to stop playing whatever edition you are currently playing?

This makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Quasqueton

 

[JoeGKushner]

Someone explain this thinking to me:

If WotC puts out a new edition of D&D that you don't like/agree with, you'll leave D&D completely? Even though you don't have to buy it, don't have to play it, don't have to stop playing whatever edition you are currently playing?

This makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Quasqueton

Don't you know that it's better for the whole world if WoTC, when faced with the financial decesion to make a new edition, simply closes it's doors to avoid these types of questions?

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Someone explain this thinking to me:

If WotC puts out a new edition of D&D that you don't like/agree with, you'll leave D&D completely? Even though you don't have to buy it, don't have to play it, don't have to stop playing whatever edition you are currently playing?

This makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Quasqueton

That sort of thinking goes hand in hand with the gamers who say that they can't keep playing because there are no new supplements for their favorite game. To me, that shows lack of creativity. If WotC were to blow up today and never, ever, ever put out another page, it wouldn't stop me from playing my favorite game. I buy supplements because I think they're cool; not because they're needed.

 

[Kanegrundar]

That sort of thinking goes hand in hand with the gamers who say that they can't keep playing because there are no new supplements for their favorite game. To me, that shows lack of creativity. If WotC were to blow up today and never, ever, ever put out another page, it wouldn't stop me from playing my favorite game. I buy supplements because I think they're cool; not because they're needed.

Quoted for truth.

I'm all for staying put with the current edition, but to stop playing D&D just because there's nothing new on the horizon? That has never made any sense to me.

Kane

 

[Mercule]

"Mindless speculation" is an oxymoron.

No. I'm pretty sure I've seen that a couple times at Nothingland.

Not that that's a bad thing.

 

[Turjan]

As to the original question, I have to say no. I won't desert roleplaying because a company decides to publish a new version of D&D.

Whether I will buy D&D 4e when it comes out or not is a question I honestly cannot answer. I'd probably buy the core books, just to see how it looks like. I do this with other games, too, so I don't think it would be different this case.

Whether I will switch editions in actual play is a completely different question. If I'd be able to answer questions like how the rules of 4E will look like, I'd probably be a millionaire by now .

 

[KB9JMQ]

I will always play D&D. Quasqueton

Sums it up for me quite nicely

 

[Nikosandros]

2010, I will retire my RPG hobby without hesitation and sell/give away all my games. The videogame (or TCG) mentality have taken over the RPG industry. Sooner or later, we may see new editions of D&D coming every year, reaching two digits before 2020 ("D&D 14.0e").

Couldn't you just keep playing 3rd edition?

 

[Nikosandros]

Depends.

If it's better than 3.5, no.

If instead it's worse, then you're going to switch?

 

[Breakdaddy]

If instead it's worse, then you're going to switch?

The question was: Are you going to abandon D&D...

He answered it right, dyslexia got you