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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neowolf" data-source="post: 669722" data-attributes="member: 673">Hmmm... with all due respect, 3.5E is NOT WotC jerking the rug out from under you.  Your existing books won't fall apart at the seams the day that the new books come out.  And while it's true that the SRD provides little/no flavor info, I think most groups could handle coming up with that on their own.  Heck, some DMs may even prefer that, since it gives them more room to customize their worlds.Cheesy marketing ploy? Maybe.  WotC IS a business afterall, and D&D needs to make them money somehow, to impress the suits at Hasbro if for no other reason.  As for the argument that you'll have to buy them just because others do, that's also a load of rubbish.  Don't try to tell me that if you're sitting at the table with someone and come across an inconsistency, you can't say "hey, let me see that for a sec..."  Mechanically, the two revisions seem like they'll be mostly compatible with each other, with class balances and such being the major changes.  It's not like they're completely changing what all the ability scores do, changing the number of feats available, overhauling the combat system, or anything like that.  It's just errata and some new material being made available.Also, another angle to consider is that try as we might, we can't make books last forever.  They're just not that durable.  It's not because they're badly or cheaply made, it's because they're made of paper and we look at them ALL THE TIME.  It's just a fact of life that every several years you may have to buy a new PHB, perhaps a new DMG or MM less frequently.  I've heard many people on this board mention that their existing books are about to disintegrate, and lord knows mine have seen better days.  Why not just retire your existing books if they're in bad condition and pick up the new ones at your own pace?  No one's saying you have to buy them all at the same time either.  If the cost is really that much of an issue (which I can understand, I'm a college student), just get the PHB at first, and then get the other ones when you can (if you even want them, I personally don't plan on picking up the new MM).Please don't misunderstand this as a flame, I just get really tired of hearing people play the victim whenever stuff like this happens.  Look at the books when they come out.  Like them? Buy 'em at your own pace.  Don't like them? Don't buy them, as simple as that.  Either way, the game you like is still there and no one is taking that away from you, so don't pretend that WotC is unfairly victimizing you.</blockquote>

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