D&D 4E Whose staying with 4e?

[Nemesis Destiny]

I'm content to stick with 4e at least until 5e has reached "maturity." By that, I mean that magical time when it will finally have enough released options to convert over my existing campaigns. I might play it before that, but probably not "seriously."

That said, if I don't like what 5e has to offer, I will keep playing 4e as my primary fantasy RPG. If I like what it has to offer, then I may consider changing over. Also depends on what my group wants to do.

A large part of it will depend on just how much listening to the community they actually do. If the things Monte Cook had been talking about in his column (before Mearls thankfully took over again) are true, then I will be inclined to like it less. I guess I just don't think much of Monte's design preferences. Book of Experimental Might was good, but a lot of his stuff... I just don't like.

 

[Rampant]

Unlike 3.x, 4e lacks the major design imbalances that irritate the heck out of me. Unless 5e is some sort of transcendent experience I doubt my 4e books will get a break.

 

[Incenjucar]

4E fits my methodology remarkably well, so I'm quite content to stick with it for the foreseeable future. I'll give 5E a chance, but I've heard little to suggest that it will measure up. Who knows, maybe some other company will put out a product that captures the possibilities 4E was heralding, and then I'll move to that. D&D has had a rather large influence on my life, but a game I like more is a game I like more.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Without being ridiculously close-minded, or incredibly poor, I can't see how anyone can currently be sure of their answer to that question.

If you're asking "Who thinks it is likely they will stick with 4e?" then you've got a reasonable question.

It's not likely to be me, however. As much as I love 4e, I usually move on with a new edition.

 

[mkill]

Unlike a wife, 4E will not throw an angry fit and file for divorce if you play a different game system.

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[Dice4Hire]

I stayed with 3.5 and I also play 4E now.

I am sure I will stay with 4E, but I do not know if I will play 5e yet.

 

[SensoryThought]

It will obviously depend on how and when and if 5e manifests.

I suspect I will follow the online support, which is one of the main things I really like about 4e.

 

[delericho]

It's obviously too soon to be sure, but my group's 4e DM is sceptical of 5e (to put it mildly), so is unlikely to switch. However, in a twist I never would have seen coming, he also seems to have become disillusioned with the sheer weight of 4e, and has recently switched his FR campaign to a different system ("Warrior, Rogue & Mage", I believe).

So, it really depends on what he does going forward. If he returns to 4e at some point, then we'll no doubt play that at some point. Otherwise, we won't.

(For my own games, I'm not sure. I'll either be switching to 5e, sticking with 3e, or going homebrew. But then, I was never really a 4e DM - just a player.)

 

[Jhaelen]

It's possible (but very, very unlikely) that the 5e playtest will completely blow me away and make me want to stop playing 4e as soon as possible.

Since I still enjoy playing 4e a lot and we really only just started half a year ago to play it regularly, it's very likely we'll keep playing it for a couple of years at least.

 

[S'mon]

I expect to be running one or both of my current 4e D&D campaigns for the next 2-3 years, depending on player turnover - too many players leaving London is a common reason for a campaign ending IME.

Currently it seems more likely I would go to Pathfinder than D&D Next, I've been a lot more impressed by Paizo's track record than WotC's recently. I run the Beginner Box and a 2e Pathfinder with presentation along BB lines would be an easy sell for me.

It's possible that a really well reviewed 5e Starter Set along the PBB lines could persuade me to pick it up and see if I like it. I'm feeling a fair bit of aversion to 5e though, really I feel I've only just got started with 4e. It's a game that rewards experience and continued play, the 4e designers themselves don't really seem to have grasped its potential, compared to say pemerton and other GMs here on ENW.