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Sorry, I was talking about the reaction to the announcement. I do know people who have playtested it and they were still under NDAs the last I knew...It went over pretty meh at Encounters tonight, even though only one of them knew about it beforehand. Did have one kid claim he would "stay with 4E", but then I don't know who is going to play it with him...You playtested it, then? Anything you're allowed to tell us about it?
Again, I haven't actually playtested it, but they are already playtesting it. There is a good chance that I will see a playtest of it at Running GAGG or at the latest Queen City Conquest though. I'll let you know what I can...It went over pretty meh at Encounters tonight, even though only one of them knew about it beforehand. Did have one kid claim he would "stay with 4E", but then I don't know who is going to play it with him...Didn't know they were doing playtests of 5th yet. Wow, that was fast. Where were you that you got a chance to play it?
Food for thought.I read it, but all I got out of it was "Whaaaa!"...
Now fourth is rolling over to fifth after only four years. How many people are just going to decide that they're unwilling to keep repurchasing their entire library of D&D books twice a decade or more?I already know of a group of 4E players who are planning to switch to PF due to this announcement...
They're going to have to try to craft a game that appeals to as many of those factions as possible, and appeals strongly enough to get them to switch. Catering to only one portion of the playerbase is not going to get them back to the top of the heap.And with the open playtest you will have people from all editions and more arguing for their versions core conceit, making their job even harder. Or have they chased away enough customers that older edition players will care?
I wish Mr. Cook and his cohorts the very best of luck--because, to be honest, I think they've been handed the most daunting task in the history of the RPG industry.
Remember that they tried this in fourth edition, with the D&D Essentials line and the whole "Yes, we changed things, but you can run your D&D Essentials character right alongside existing 4e characters with no problems!"They used that line in the 3.0->3.5 transition as well. "You could be playing at the same table using 3.0 and 3.5 rules and never know". Except you could, ESPECIALLY if the 3.0 player was a spellcaster...
