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<blockquote data-quote="Aehrlon" data-source="post: 5896705" data-attributes="member: 6688640"><p>Good lord, took a while to read this entire thread. A few thoughts. Hasbro is a business. They want to make $ by selling you their product. This whole play-test coming out later this month is involving what I hope to be a crap-ton of players from all editions who will offer insightful & meaningful input. It is also a lot of free/cheap advertising for Hasbro/WotC... which could lead to tons of "word-of-mouth" PR for their upcoming release.</p><p></p><p>I cannot help but think that the development of D&DNext will suffer due to Monte's departure (his 2E & 3E work was good stuff). I also believe that Hasbro should have done whatever it took to keep him onboard, I would have. Since that didn't happen & he's already gone, they should <u><em>try</em></u> to replace him with someone who has similar credentials. That will be a tall order as Monte's gaming credentials are considerable.</p><p></p><p>Back to the first paragraph: as Hasbro wants to make $ from you & I they will try to make a great product. They have seen the popularity of OSR & Pathfinder and want to steal those customers (or they may see it as 'getting them back'). It would appear from what has leaked thus far from cons & Alpha testing that this new iteration is attempting to appeal more to fans of earlier editions of D&D rather than fans of the current Edition. OK, they want to appeal to all fans. As great as that would be, you can't please everyone. </p><p></p><p>Many of us will at least take a look at the new game. But letting go of a game designer of such high pedigree seems like a total bone-headed move to me. I would not be surprised if their stock suffered on that day (would have to look). I sincerely hope that the other designers do a great job and I plan on offering them some great input myself. Guess my point is this, projects usually do better with continuity; clearly, this one has suffered in that regard. I hope they get all of their ducks in a row because this is a much beloved game by millions of us.... they really, REALLY need to get it right this time...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aehrlon, post: 5896705, member: 6688640"] Good lord, took a while to read this entire thread. A few thoughts. Hasbro is a business. They want to make $ by selling you their product. This whole play-test coming out later this month is involving what I hope to be a crap-ton of players from all editions who will offer insightful & meaningful input. It is also a lot of free/cheap advertising for Hasbro/WotC... which could lead to tons of "word-of-mouth" PR for their upcoming release. I cannot help but think that the development of D&DNext will suffer due to Monte's departure (his 2E & 3E work was good stuff). I also believe that Hasbro should have done whatever it took to keep him onboard, I would have. Since that didn't happen & he's already gone, they should [U][I]try[/I][/U] to replace him with someone who has similar credentials. That will be a tall order as Monte's gaming credentials are considerable. Back to the first paragraph: as Hasbro wants to make $ from you & I they will try to make a great product. They have seen the popularity of OSR & Pathfinder and want to steal those customers (or they may see it as 'getting them back'). It would appear from what has leaked thus far from cons & Alpha testing that this new iteration is attempting to appeal more to fans of earlier editions of D&D rather than fans of the current Edition. OK, they want to appeal to all fans. As great as that would be, you can't please everyone. Many of us will at least take a look at the new game. But letting go of a game designer of such high pedigree seems like a total bone-headed move to me. I would not be surprised if their stock suffered on that day (would have to look). I sincerely hope that the other designers do a great job and I plan on offering them some great input myself. Guess my point is this, projects usually do better with continuity; clearly, this one has suffered in that regard. I hope they get all of their ducks in a row because this is a much beloved game by millions of us.... they really, REALLY need to get it right this time... [/QUOTE]
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