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<blockquote data-quote="Glade Riven" data-source="post: 5434869" data-attributes="member: 86468">There is the fact that it would be creating a customer service nightmare (spent 2+ years as a Geek Squad Counter Operations, where not only did I get to do the normal Geek Squad stuff, but explain to people why their $2000 notebook computer couldn't be repaired under MFG because they spilt something on it).&nbsp;&nbsp;Much of the goodwill gain towards old school players is then offset by angry people who didn't know there was a difference between 4e and AD&amp;D, or AD&amp;D and AD&amp;D 2e. That doesn't mean that the angry people are stupid - it just means that expectations were not met.&nbsp;In addition, a small but vocal minority can easily bug WotC to support the older editions as well as the latest version. If they do, it becomes a money pit that can kill the company. If they don't, more people light the torches and brandish the pitchforks.&nbsp;And this is assuming that the product sells.&nbsp;It just seems like a lose-lose proposition for WotC - unless there is enough demand to create an expensive Limited Collector's Edition old school AD&amp;D 2e box set. But then it wouldn't be POD, but rather a convention exclusive or something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Glade Riven, post: 5434869, member: 86468"] There is the fact that it would be creating a customer service nightmare (spent 2+ years as a Geek Squad Counter Operations, where not only did I get to do the normal Geek Squad stuff, but explain to people why their $2000 notebook computer couldn't be repaired under MFG because they spilt something on it). Much of the goodwill gain towards old school players is then offset by angry people who didn't know there was a difference between 4e and AD&D, or AD&D and AD&D 2e. That doesn't mean that the angry people are stupid - it just means that expectations were not met. In addition, a small but vocal minority can easily bug WotC to support the older editions as well as the latest version. If they do, it becomes a money pit that can kill the company. If they don't, more people light the torches and brandish the pitchforks. And this is assuming that the product sells. It just seems like a lose-lose proposition for WotC - unless there is enough demand to create an expensive Limited Collector's Edition old school AD&D 2e box set. But then it wouldn't be POD, but rather a convention exclusive or something. [/QUOTE]

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