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<blockquote data-quote="BASHMAN" data-source="post: 4073698" data-attributes="member: 8277">Before I was in the Neutral on 4e camp.&nbsp; After this announcement, I have decided to boycott 4e entirely.&nbsp; People say, &quot;But its capitalism,&nbsp; rpg compenies always made money by selling suppliments-- its the same as 3.X...&quot;&nbsp; No it is not.You know what's different?&nbsp; I'll spell it out. In the past, Wizards, and before them TSR, put out a bunch of suppliments like Complete Fighter or Sword &amp; Fist, etc, and people bought those because they played fighters and wanted their fighters fleshed out. After 3.5 they put out Complete Warrior, and began putting out new base classes for people to try, and those also sold well. But the core of AD&amp;D, and 3.0, and 3.5 were complete games. They were not &quot;collectable parts of a set&quot; the way that 4E is going to be-- that is with pieces INTENTIONALLY missing that people will have to buy other crap just to get a complete game.For example if the 3.5 PHB didn't have Monks or Barbarians in it, but they were introduced as &quot;new&quot; base classes in Complete Warrior, people would have screamed bloody murder. I have no problem with Rpg companies trying to sell suppliments-- but suppliments are supposed to add more to an already complete product, not incrementally complete woefully inadequate product. That is the difference between 3.X and 4.0-- and why I am not going to pay any money for any 4e prducts ever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BASHMAN, post: 4073698, member: 8277"] Before I was in the Neutral on 4e camp. After this announcement, I have decided to boycott 4e entirely. People say, "But its capitalism, rpg compenies always made money by selling suppliments-- its the same as 3.X..." No it is not. You know what's different? I'll spell it out. In the past, Wizards, and before them TSR, put out a bunch of suppliments like Complete Fighter or Sword & Fist, etc, and people bought those because they played fighters and wanted their fighters fleshed out. After 3.5 they put out Complete Warrior, and began putting out new base classes for people to try, and those also sold well. But the core of AD&D, and 3.0, and 3.5 were complete games. They were not "collectable parts of a set" the way that 4E is going to be-- that is with pieces INTENTIONALLY missing that people will have to buy other crap just to get a complete game. For example if the 3.5 PHB didn't have Monks or Barbarians in it, but they were introduced as "new" base classes in Complete Warrior, people would have screamed bloody murder. I have no problem with Rpg companies trying to sell suppliments-- but suppliments are supposed to add more to an already complete product, not incrementally complete woefully inadequate product. That is the difference between 3.X and 4.0-- and why I am not going to pay any money for any 4e prducts ever. [/QUOTE]

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