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<blockquote data-quote="Scrivener of Doom" data-source="post: 6333870" data-attributes="member: 87576"><p>It was clear from comments made by Mike Mearls and Rob Schwalb, in particular, that they were not fans of 4E. And Mike's early 4E contributions, <em>Keep on the Shadowfell</em> and <em>Pyramid of Shadows</em>, were so egeregiously bad that there is a lot of anecdotal evidence to suggest that the contributed to Pathfinder's success.</p><p></p><p>Considering these two played fairly significant roles in the creation of 5E, it's no great surprise that 4E is being left behind. And it apparently does make business sense. 4E is very different to other editions of D&D - although, I would also argue, a logical development - and 5E was created by and for fans of older editions. Clearly that's where they see the market.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>It's not really about fairness. D&D is a commercial product and someone will create products for 4E if there is sufficient demand. Unfortunately, between 4E's apparent unpopularity and the sheer assbackwardness of the GSL, there's just no interest in chasing the 4E customer base. (And the online tools also dampen any interest from third parties.)</p><p></p><p>And I am glad you're not a hater of 4E people: that's very big of you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scrivener of Doom, post: 6333870, member: 87576"] It was clear from comments made by Mike Mearls and Rob Schwalb, in particular, that they were not fans of 4E. And Mike's early 4E contributions, [I]Keep on the Shadowfell[/I] and [I]Pyramid of Shadows[/I], were so egeregiously bad that there is a lot of anecdotal evidence to suggest that the contributed to Pathfinder's success. Considering these two played fairly significant roles in the creation of 5E, it's no great surprise that 4E is being left behind. And it apparently does make business sense. 4E is very different to other editions of D&D - although, I would also argue, a logical development - and 5E was created by and for fans of older editions. Clearly that's where they see the market. It's not really about fairness. D&D is a commercial product and someone will create products for 4E if there is sufficient demand. Unfortunately, between 4E's apparent unpopularity and the sheer assbackwardness of the GSL, there's just no interest in chasing the 4E customer base. (And the online tools also dampen any interest from third parties.) And I am glad you're not a hater of 4E people: that's very big of you. [/QUOTE]
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