D&D 4E Will you buy 4e?

[frankthedm]

Sure I'll buy the core set. Maybe some monster books.

 

[DarkDM]

My personnel opinion is that I would be reticent on purchasing any 4E manuals if the game swayed more toward miniatures with a little bit of role play. I have managed (just) to place emphasis on the role play/story telling aspect and utilise much of the 3.5 rule sets found in WoTC complete series and other books. Finding the balance is a tough call sometimes, but rewarding when it works.

The ongoing emphasis toward miniatures in the game, and all the die rolling, min and maxing detracts from the story telling and role playing side which I favour.

Cheers

DDM

 

[ivocaliban]

The ongoing emphasis toward miniatures in the game, and all the die rolling, min and maxing detracts from the story telling and role playing side which I favour.

QFT

I voted "Don't Know," however, because...well, I don't know. If 4e pushes further in the direction of minatures and tactics, I'll skip it altogether. If it does something else...almost anything else...I'll be more inclined to purchase it, but not in the next couple of years. Ideally, 2010 would seem most appropriate and by then, I don't think it would be quite so easy for the naysayers to grumble about a new edition. (Not that that will stop them, mind you.)

 

[jeffh]

Knowing my purchasing habits, if I'm to be at all honest with myself the answer is the first one, whether it's a fairly minor "3.75" revision or brings in major changes. This assumes that WotC doesn't botch it completely, but I don't think they're likely to, whatever direction they take it in. Even if I stick with (my heavily house-ruled version of) 3.5, I'll probably buy the new books to use as idea mines, just as I do books from any number of systems now.

 

[el-remmen]

Who knows. Depends totally on what it is, and how it works.

This is the wisest answer, and not only because it is also my own.

 

[Droogie]

I voted definitely MAYBE.


Of course, I need to see if the rules match my superior vision of what 4e should be.

 

[T. Foster]

If 4E is a better match with my sensibilities (both aesthetic and design-philosophical) than 3E was (which, honestly, I think is extremely unlikely) then I might buy the core rules. Either way, I have almost no interest in buying any supplements, or any game which assumes/requires supplements in order to play.

 

[Seeker95]

I'd even buy it if it came out tomorrow. For them to call it 4e means it is significantly different. As such, I can safely assume it is better to at least the degree that previous edition changes have been better. I have enjoyed each new edition as much as or more than the one before it. I am confident I will greet 4e the same.

 

[drothgery]

I voted don't know, but unless the previews really turn me off, I'll end up with at least the core rules, and if it looks like they're checking off most of my wish list items without taking any serious steps back in my book, then I won't be able to switch fast enough.

 

[ShinHakkaider]

Honestly, if the change is like the change from 2nd to 3rd, then NO.

If it's more like the shift between 3 and 3.5 then maybe. You see I've already invested a fair amount of money in 3 and 3.5 and would really hate for that investment to go to waste.

If 4th ED is drastically different than 3 -3.5 then NO I won't buy it. There are any number of other things that I can spend money on (video games, miniature games, comics, DVD's etc.). And a new edition doesnt stop me from continuing to play 3.5. If the well of 3.5 players dries up then that's when I stop playing D&D. No biggie, I've been playing role playing games since I was 12. I'm 35 now. There was a period where I stopped playing D&D (2nd Ed) because of rules creep and peoples facination with Dragonlance and FR. I played other games (DC HEROES, Mekton, Cyberpunk, Champions) until 3rd Ed came out. I REALLY liked 3rd ED so I started playing D&D again big time. If it's time to walk away I can say that it's been a good run.