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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 6335291" data-attributes="member: 6698278">My evidence is that during 3e everyone was playing D&amp;D.&nbsp;&nbsp; When 4e arrived, half the playerbase left D&amp;D because of playstyle issues.&nbsp;&nbsp; A war erupted because of these playstyle issues and here we are.&nbsp; I realize that there were two reactions to 4e:&nbsp; &quot;Finally&quot;, &quot;OMG what where they thinking&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; I dislike most indie games for the same reasons I dislike 4e.&nbsp; It might appear that there are countless games out there with one approach and D&amp;D is just behind the times.&nbsp;&nbsp; The problem is that D&amp;D is pretty much the size of an air craft carrier next to a fleet of tug boats when it comes to market penetration.&nbsp; Sure most of the people really happy with core D&amp;D were playing it prior to 4e.&nbsp; The indie companies were trying to peel away people with variant approaches.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's not like it's a technological advance.&nbsp; Indie is no better than anything else.&nbsp; It's just another flavor.Wotc made the grave mistake of thinking that the number of indie games indicates a pent up desire amongst the D&amp;D playerbase for those types of approaches.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 6335291, member: 6698278"] My evidence is that during 3e everyone was playing D&D. When 4e arrived, half the playerbase left D&D because of playstyle issues. A war erupted because of these playstyle issues and here we are. I realize that there were two reactions to 4e: "Finally", "OMG what where they thinking". I dislike most indie games for the same reasons I dislike 4e. It might appear that there are countless games out there with one approach and D&D is just behind the times. The problem is that D&D is pretty much the size of an air craft carrier next to a fleet of tug boats when it comes to market penetration. Sure most of the people really happy with core D&D were playing it prior to 4e. The indie companies were trying to peel away people with variant approaches. It's not like it's a technological advance. Indie is no better than anything else. It's just another flavor. Wotc made the grave mistake of thinking that the number of indie games indicates a pent up desire amongst the D&D playerbase for those types of approaches. [/QUOTE]

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