01-01-2012, 10:16 AM
No doubt that the folks in charge of D&D at WotC have a very different notion of what the fans want than the fans do. Your examples certainly prove that.
The one positive I take from the whole article is the notion that WotC may actually be trying to figure out what the fans want again, and may try to create a new edition that does what we want. Maybe they actually intend to do it like they say they do, or at least try to come up with something that both 1E and 4E fans can enjoy together.
It does bother me a little that so many fans scoff when WotC says they want to listen to their fans, and I wonder if it's more of a "fool me twice" mentality or if it's just cool to bash WotC no matter what they do. If 5E turns out the be an awesome reboot of AD&D, for example, how many old school gamers would complain that it's not OSRIC or B/X or something like that?
The one positive I take from the whole article is the notion that WotC may actually be trying to figure out what the fans want again, and may try to create a new edition that does what we want. Maybe they actually intend to do it like they say they do, or at least try to come up with something that both 1E and 4E fans can enjoy together.
It does bother me a little that so many fans scoff when WotC says they want to listen to their fans, and I wonder if it's more of a "fool me twice" mentality or if it's just cool to bash WotC no matter what they do. If 5E turns out the be an awesome reboot of AD&D, for example, how many old school gamers would complain that it's not OSRIC or B/X or something like that?
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