Would you Swap 3.5e for Exalted?

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

I wouldn't swap Candyland for Exalted.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

We all pooled our money and scrounged up enough to get one copy. We are in! I personally want off the D&D merry go round.

Dude, you could bankrupt them. It would be the coup of the century. Heck, even if you didn't have enough copies still sitting in the warehouse, it'd be worth printing more just to win the war by attrition.

 

[Scott_Rouse]

Dude, you could bankrupt them. It would be the coup of the century. Heck, even if you didn't have enough copies still sitting in the warehouse, it'd be worth printing more just to win the war by attrition.

LOL! It's limited to 2500 copies so I doubt it will bankrupt them but it would be funny to offer every gamestore participating a free copy of the PHB for every redemption offer they have received so players don't have to nuke their own books.

Based on the largely negative approval rating I think we'll pass on the idea, why send perfectly good books to the shredder?

 

[Woas]

If it wasn't Exalted I'd trade in my books.

 

[Darkwolf71]

Scott,
Maybe you could work out a trade? Swap 2500 core sets for 2500 Exalted books, see which company take a bigger hit.



Edit: Seriously, since I have the leather copies, I would have considered doing this with my regular books, but that 'destroying of books' thing. *shudder

I'd rather pay money for their book. (Not that I will, but I'd rather that than destruction.)

 

[WayneLigon]

That is an insanely cool idea, but I might pass. I only looked at the Exalted 1E, but I found it perhaps just as complex as D&D if not more so, without adequate explanations as to what was expected with regards to character creation (I think it was a throw-away phrase I happened on that said something like 'We expect everyone will take this Charm', and thought 'wow, maybe you should have told me waaay back in character generation?'. Also, it seemed obvious to me that not all the paths were created equal.

I understand that they fixed a lof of the problems in 2E. If nothing else it will get me to check out reviews of 2E.

 

[dmccoy1693]

definitely a very nice marketing ideas. Kudos to them!!

QFT

 

[dmccoy1693]

I understand that they fixed a lof of the problems in 2E. If nothing else it will get me to check out reviews of 2E.

I use to play Exalted 1E and 2E. The game is amazing and 2E is a much better version of the game. WW went through major pains to make the 1E crunch highly compatable. The single biggest change is one of scope. 1E was more focused on the small scale (the individual becoming the champion of some); 2E starts out there but allows for much more large scale focus (individual becoming the champion of armies and nations).

 

[Scott_Rouse]

Probably not, but definitely a very nice marketing ideas. Kudos to them!!

I disagree. I find it spiteful and a grandstanding attempt to jump on anti D&D (4e) sentiment.

Why ask consumers to destroy an item they paid money for and possibly still enjoy?

How about just giving away 2500 copies and letting consumers judge the game on it's own merits? If they are confident in their game then they win if consumers switch.

The cost of the promotion is the same to them regardless of the mechanism they use to give away the books.

 

[Turjan]

I disagree. I find it spiteful and a grandstanding attempt to jump on anti D&D (4e) sentiment.

This doesn't make sense. Sure, they talk about 4e. But realistically, they will target people who intend to switch to 4e, anyway, because those are the ones who will part with their 3.5 PHBs easily. There's not much harm done in this case.

Why ask consumers to destroy an item they paid money for and possibly still enjoy?

Well, I still enjoy it, and that's why I won't take them up on their offer.

The cost of the promotion is the same to them regardless of the mechanism they use to give away the books.

Yes, but this way it's a game. You know the design philosophy: All decisions presented have to be interesting .