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<blockquote data-quote="FoolishFrost" data-source="post: 5830236" data-attributes="member: 24319"><p>Came in late, but I'm not sure we should even be discussing the future of D&D on this level. Most of the problems with D&D that I personally had, were about the attitude of WotC.</p><p></p><p>So, fine. WotC makes 3rd edition. They OGL it and everyone seems generally happy. They then make 3.5 and OGL it too, after mucking around with it a bit and making it "better". </p><p></p><p>The rest of the world jumps on the OGL bandwagon and the market is so flooded with the grand and the gritty that it was sometimes hard to even FIND what you we're looking for, but it was possibly one of the greatest ages of D&D.</p><p></p><p>Then came along 4th edition.</p><p></p><p>Now, let's put aside edition wars. 4th edition D&D can be good or bad someplace else. What struck me is that they seemed to loose focus and consistency about the time it was being developed.</p><p></p><p>Again, I'm not talking about the quality of 4th edition or if it was bad or good.</p><p></p><p>What I mean is that they never could figure out what they wanted to do, even then. Note the following:</p><p></p><p>- They advertised the D&D online tools IN THE BOOKS, and they never arrived. Never got to play a single online game with them. The things they did make were buggy/crappy/damaged beyond use, with the exception of the character creator. That was just obtuse most days.</p><p>- They changed the licence so much, and put in so many clauses, that it was debatable if they wanted to make a new D&D, or just find a way to try and kill the old licence. </p><p>- They lost focus on who they were selling to: All those nice hardbacks, and then right after darksun... Paperbacks and boxed sets? Really? Did it never occur to them that gamers might be hardwired to a book format? After decades? (Your mileage may vary on that one, but you think it would have come up in a meeting?)</p><p>- Oh, by the way, darksun just came out, so we're not going to update the character builder with it. In fact, it's retired. Oh, yes! We're making a new one. It's not done yet, but we're making it right now. Be done in just a bit! Pay no attention to the DDI fiasco we created for years...</p><p></p><p>...</p><p></p><p>Sadly, I can't say much good about them since their first attempt with 3rd edition. They started out so well, and it just seems to have gone so horribly wrong. With that track record, how could I trust them to make D&D 5th? I can't ignore how much they have annoyed me personally while I tried to support them.</p><p></p><p>Then again, that's my opinion. Feel free to not agree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FoolishFrost, post: 5830236, member: 24319"] Came in late, but I'm not sure we should even be discussing the future of D&D on this level. Most of the problems with D&D that I personally had, were about the attitude of WotC. So, fine. WotC makes 3rd edition. They OGL it and everyone seems generally happy. They then make 3.5 and OGL it too, after mucking around with it a bit and making it "better". The rest of the world jumps on the OGL bandwagon and the market is so flooded with the grand and the gritty that it was sometimes hard to even FIND what you we're looking for, but it was possibly one of the greatest ages of D&D. Then came along 4th edition. Now, let's put aside edition wars. 4th edition D&D can be good or bad someplace else. What struck me is that they seemed to loose focus and consistency about the time it was being developed. Again, I'm not talking about the quality of 4th edition or if it was bad or good. What I mean is that they never could figure out what they wanted to do, even then. Note the following: - They advertised the D&D online tools IN THE BOOKS, and they never arrived. Never got to play a single online game with them. The things they did make were buggy/crappy/damaged beyond use, with the exception of the character creator. That was just obtuse most days. - They changed the licence so much, and put in so many clauses, that it was debatable if they wanted to make a new D&D, or just find a way to try and kill the old licence. - They lost focus on who they were selling to: All those nice hardbacks, and then right after darksun... Paperbacks and boxed sets? Really? Did it never occur to them that gamers might be hardwired to a book format? After decades? (Your mileage may vary on that one, but you think it would have come up in a meeting?) - Oh, by the way, darksun just came out, so we're not going to update the character builder with it. In fact, it's retired. Oh, yes! We're making a new one. It's not done yet, but we're making it right now. Be done in just a bit! Pay no attention to the DDI fiasco we created for years... ... Sadly, I can't say much good about them since their first attempt with 3rd edition. They started out so well, and it just seems to have gone so horribly wrong. With that track record, how could I trust them to make D&D 5th? I can't ignore how much they have annoyed me personally while I tried to support them. Then again, that's my opinion. Feel free to not agree. [/QUOTE]
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