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<blockquote data-quote="PapersAndPaychecks" data-source="post: 5414607" data-attributes="member: 28854">&quot;Look, no one at Wizards ever woke up one day and said 'Let's get rid of all our fans and replace them.'&nbsp; With 4th Edition, there were good intentions. We are D&amp;D fans. We want D&amp;D to be the best roleplaying game it can be. We're always open to change, to reacting to what people say.&quot;--Mike Mearls.To me, this thread and so many others like it seem like evidence that Mike Mearls needs to do what he says: be open to change and react to what people say.Speaking as someone who's been watching this from the outside, I'd say that 4e is popular and has adherents and converts and apologists.&nbsp; But something is preventing it from achieving the traction, the market penetration, that previous editions did.And that something is the fact that not everyone wants what 4e provides.&nbsp; D&amp;D no longer has a fanbase.&nbsp; It has about a dozen small fanbases that add up to one large one, but they aren't all going to switch to radical new concepts.When Agatha Christie wrote a new novel, she didn't stop publishing the old ones.&nbsp; When Metallica wrote a new album, they didn't stop selling the old ones.&nbsp; Why, oh why, when you produce a new edition, do you stop printing the old ones?&nbsp; It makes no sense at all.Print all the old editions again, and licence trusted third parties to support them.&nbsp; Let your customers decide for themselves which flavour of D&amp;D they like.&nbsp; And then they'll all be happy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PapersAndPaychecks, post: 5414607, member: 28854"] [i]"Look, no one at Wizards ever woke up one day and said 'Let's get rid of all our fans and replace them.' With 4th Edition, there were good intentions. We are D&D fans. We want D&D to be the best roleplaying game it can be. We're always open to change, to reacting to what people say."--Mike Mearls.[/i] To me, this thread and so many others like it seem like evidence that Mike Mearls needs to do what he says: be open to change and react to what people say. Speaking as someone who's been watching this from the outside, I'd say that 4e is popular and has adherents and converts and apologists. But something is preventing it from achieving the traction, the market penetration, that previous editions did. And that something is the fact that not everyone wants what 4e provides. D&D no longer has a fanbase. It has about a dozen small fanbases that add up to one large one, but they aren't all going to switch to radical new concepts. When Agatha Christie wrote a new novel, she didn't stop publishing the old ones. When Metallica wrote a new album, they didn't stop selling the old ones. Why, oh why, when you produce a new edition, do you stop printing the old ones? It makes no sense at all. Print all the old editions again, and licence trusted third parties to support them. Let your customers decide for themselves which flavour of D&D they like. And then they'll all be happy. [/QUOTE]

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