Ruin Explorer
Legend
mmu1 said:Do you actually believe that the playtesting and/or message board comments will have any impact on the game, at this late date?
I sure don't believe that for a minute. Those lucky enough to be involved in playtesting (which sadly seems to only involve groups of six people - no more, no less - which seems like a piss-poor way to playtest things to me) may well have some influence, but the rest of us? Hah. The PHB is allegedly going to be finished by late February, so the vast majority of the design decision must already be set in stone, with only tweaking (though perhaps some significant tweaks), simple addition (more talents, feats, spells, etc.) and re-writing of unclear or badly-written parts to go.
I don't say this because I'm opposed to the process or to 4E, but the blog poster assumes an extremely high-handed tone and is being, well, fanciful in his suggestion that someone's description of their game is genuinely likely to influence the WotC design process in a meaningful way when they're weeks from playtesting.