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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DrakkenKaiser" data-source="post: 4051580" data-attributes="member: 60091">There are a few reasons why I'm avoiding the change-over to 4e...1. Money. Everyone else has said it, and I'll say it too. Not really a lot to expound on that hasn't been elsewhere. I was fortunate with the switch to 3.5 that my local game store offered credit towards the 3.5 books if you traded in your 3.0 books. I seriously doubt they're going to do this again.2. Peer Pressure. Nobody else that I game with is going to adopt to 4e unless it's truly something special. A few are going to pick up the PHB at some point, and usually follow up that statement with a "just in case someone else is running it." I'd probably be in the same camp if it weren't for reason #1.3. There Are No RPG Police. Wizards is not going to come kick in my door if I keep playing 3.5 and send me packing. This isn't like some shareware that bombs out after 30 hours of use, and it's kind of silly for them to treat it like software when they can't conceivably enforce it as thus, or depend on the newest update of Windows or MacOS to kind of force people to upgrade... it's not like I will need to buy new dice to play 4e, right?4. Other Games. There are a lot of other games out there. A lot of good games, too. OGL allowed for an enormous explosion of material, and the companies that have solidified themselves a position produce some real quality stuff without the same expense that it sounds like 4e is going to require. I have this funny feeling you're going to see some of these companies switch to their own in-house system. 5. But is it Fluffy? This is kind of minor icing on the cake after contemplating everything above, but... I don't really like the direction they're taking the fluff. For years, little has changed, and now suddenly it's necessary to alter their existing worlds and cosmologies completely? Is this because of 4e, marketing, or a real need for change? I'm not sure.</blockquote>

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