01-16-2012, 08:02 AM
finarvyn Wrote:My thinking, therefore, is that for 5E to work both sides will have to change their thinking a little. Old timers will have to accept more gloss and flash-bang while new timers will have to accept more tradition and simplicity. If only one side compromises, or worse if neither side compromises, 5E is doomed.
As I see it, 5E is not for the old school community. When they talk about making an edition that will unite the D&D fans, they are talking mainly about uniting those fans who belong to the current 4E demographic and the d20/3E/PF group. Possibly a few 2nd Ed fans can also be won over, but for the most part TSR era fans can be safely ignored because they will not buy the edition anyway. Their main interest is to post grumpy messages on forums, or at best write or support OSR editions. Ofcourse there are exceptions, but these are such a small group anyway.
Uniting 4E and 3E fans is going to be difficult enough since 4E was designed to be so different from previous editions.
-Havard
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