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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5927595" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>My long-standing policy is that if one of my friends wants to run a game, I'll play (almost) anything. That applies to 4e the same as anything else, and wouldn't be changed if the DDI was switched off.</p><p></p><p>That said, the guy who usually runs 4e in my group has been becoming gradually disillusioned with the game, and largely due to what he calls the sheer weight of the system - basically, option bloat. He looks unlikely to want to run it again, and if the Character Builder (specifically) became unavailable then I think that would be the final nail in the coffin, for him.</p><p></p><p>(And having said <em>that</em>, I'm increasingly doubtful that they <em>will</em> switch off the 4e DDI. Judging from the playtest materials, it won't be a case of adapting the existing tools for 5e... but 5e also looks much less math-heavy, so may well not have the same 'need' of a Character Builder (and other tools). As such, there may well not even <em>be</em> a 5e DDI... and if they're not going to do that, they might as well keep the 4e one around as long as it continues to turn a profit.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5927595, member: 22424"] My long-standing policy is that if one of my friends wants to run a game, I'll play (almost) anything. That applies to 4e the same as anything else, and wouldn't be changed if the DDI was switched off. That said, the guy who usually runs 4e in my group has been becoming gradually disillusioned with the game, and largely due to what he calls the sheer weight of the system - basically, option bloat. He looks unlikely to want to run it again, and if the Character Builder (specifically) became unavailable then I think that would be the final nail in the coffin, for him. (And having said [i]that[/i], I'm increasingly doubtful that they [i]will[/i] switch off the 4e DDI. Judging from the playtest materials, it won't be a case of adapting the existing tools for 5e... but 5e also looks much less math-heavy, so may well not have the same 'need' of a Character Builder (and other tools). As such, there may well not even [i]be[/i] a 5e DDI... and if they're not going to do that, they might as well keep the 4e one around as long as it continues to turn a profit.) [/QUOTE]
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