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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 3324081" data-attributes="member: 426">Well,  I recall that in 1999, one year prior to the release of 3.0, there was a quick preview game at Gen Con.  There were early versions of the iconics (I played an elven wizard), and I know play testing followed.I have not decided when 4E will be announced, but I know that another addition is likely to come sooner or later.  It is my hope that WotC will try to collect a lot of information from players --- as they did prior to the release of 3E  --- and do extensive playtesting. As for how 4E could be better, WotC has produced some new rules that could be made official, and there have been a lot of good work from 3rd party publishers.  So,  perhaps we could look at what has worked well in other D20 products and other games for a clue as to the eventual shape of 4E.  I would like to see WotC make an effort to make sure that people can convert characters, adventures, and other materials from 3.5 to a new addition.  (The 3.0 conversion booklet helped, but I did hear some grumbling about how mutli-class characters faired in the jump between editions.)Perhaps the most important thing that WotC can do is ot listen to its customers --- as that is what TSR failed to do by many accounts.  So, if WotC is thinking of 4E, I would suggest finding out what customers want and find ways to market the game to new customers.  I think that we have to avoid what has happened with some hobbies, and have an aging customer base with few new people participating in the hobby.</blockquote>

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