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Originally Posted by Darrin Drader  So the half on this poll here Changeover poll who are not switching are non-representative? How about the 150+ people I talked to a week and a half ago at the convention in Spokane where I was a guest, half of whom didn't have very positive things to say about 4E? Or how about the local game store where I'm seeing the same trend? I suppose that you'd count that as anecdotal, or better yet, question my integrity since I've made up my mind about which game I'm playing.
The difference is that the choice was taken away from WotC by Ryan Dancey and Peter Adkison eight years ago. It was the greatest gift they gave to the gaming community because it ensures that there will always be a version of D&D in print, regardless of what Hasbro ends up doing with the official brand. I'm flabbergasted that anyone who is passionate about the game would see this as a bad thing. |
I agree that the
OGL was an impressive achievement and a great gift. But the issue it has is:
a) The game is stuck in its evolution
b) No really money behind it to make it greater than it is. Profits = company support, professional presentation and stronger development of the game engine.
3.x has some great stuff about it. The
OGL has some great stuff about it. But, the facts are 3.x has some issues with it too. The math scales wrong, multiclassing is inbalanced, there are dead areas in the game, DMing the game is requires alot of adherence to rules and all of the math links together, making on the fly adjustments difficult. 3.x is too rules heavy.
However you feel about 4.0, there is some real impressive and brave leaps forward in it and the evolution of role playing games. Sure, not everything is 100% perfect, but some of the new ideas within it or the way it handles old ideas in a new way are impressive and something anyone doing a RPG from here forward can learn from.
I hope the
GSL gives us everything we want. It would be wonderful for
WOTC to continue to share D&D with us. I applaud
WOTC for revising their
GSL and working with the
3PP as business partners and not as underlings.
I rather see the game I love evolve and become better with age then stay stuck in a system that had as many frustrations as it has shining points.
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