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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 4052976" data-attributes="member: 2205"><p>A number of reasons:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Because my group isn't interested. I can't play the game by myself.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Because I have tons of 3e/3.5 books, and what bores me about D&D are the <em>base concepts</em>. Having all that variety and being forced to go back to the basic three "core rulebooks" again would be a major step backwards. Call me again 2-3 years after launch to see if there's enough material out there to tempt me back. To say nothing of the tons of other stuff that I probably won't get updated until... who knows when. My <em>Monsternomicons</em>, for instance, or <em>Book of Fiends</em>.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I don't want to spend all that money over again. I spent a buttload of money on 3e/3.5 and I don't feel like I've fully "depreciated" all that value by playing enough of it yet.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I like the 3e/3.5 rules pretty well. There's a few things that I don't think work all that hot, but I can avoid those pitfalls, for the most part. My play experience is pretty darn good at the moment. <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 4e previews have been kinda hit or miss. I haven't hated anything I've seen, and I've liked a lot of it, but I've been kinda ambivalent to a lot of it too. I just don't have any "energy" or excitement around the idea of new rules.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Looks like lots of things have been simplified (yay!) but just as many things have been needlessly complicated, based on previews I've seen so far (boo!) The flavor doesn't bother me (unlike many who aren't planning on switching) but the mechanics---what we know of them---don't thrill me, and many of the articles have actively turned me off.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 4052976, member: 2205"] A number of reasons: [list] [*]Because my group isn't interested. I can't play the game by myself. [*]Because I have tons of 3e/3.5 books, and what bores me about D&D are the [i]base concepts[/i]. Having all that variety and being forced to go back to the basic three "core rulebooks" again would be a major step backwards. Call me again 2-3 years after launch to see if there's enough material out there to tempt me back. To say nothing of the tons of other stuff that I probably won't get updated until... who knows when. My [i]Monsternomicons[/i], for instance, or [i]Book of Fiends[/i]. [*]I don't want to spend all that money over again. I spent a buttload of money on 3e/3.5 and I don't feel like I've fully "depreciated" all that value by playing enough of it yet. [*]I like the 3e/3.5 rules pretty well. There's a few things that I don't think work all that hot, but I can avoid those pitfalls, for the most part. My play experience is pretty darn good at the moment. [*]The 4e previews have been kinda hit or miss. I haven't hated anything I've seen, and I've liked a lot of it, but I've been kinda ambivalent to a lot of it too. I just don't have any "energy" or excitement around the idea of new rules. [*]Looks like lots of things have been simplified (yay!) but just as many things have been needlessly complicated, based on previews I've seen so far (boo!) The flavor doesn't bother me (unlike many who aren't planning on switching) but the mechanics---what we know of them---don't thrill me, and many of the articles have actively turned me off. [/list] [/QUOTE]
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