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<blockquote data-quote="Cyber-Dave" data-source="post: 7468979" data-attributes="member: 82132"><p>I want to be very clear: Ravnica is a damn cool setting. The more I look up information about the setting, the more I think to myself, "huh... that would be a pretty cool environment to DM." I'm probably going to buy the setting and give it a whirl. The D&D team has earned a LOT of credit from me in terms of my good-will. Ravnica is brand new, at least to the D&D-verse. It is not a generic fantasy setting. It has interesting and new takes on previous ideas. Nevertheless, I feel let down, and this announcement has cost me some of my good-will towards the brand. Obviously, a lot of other players feel the same way. The question, then, is why.</p><p></p><p>It's simple. We were led to believe that the offerings on the table would appeal to "longtime D&D fans." Ravnica does bear a lot of similarity to something that longtime D&D fans would love: Planescape and the city of Sigil. It isn't, however, Sigil. In fact, its existence forces one to ask, "where is the design space for Sigil now that Ravnica is being released?" It seems to me that the existence of Ravnica makes an official Planescape product less likely, as so many of the concepts that would have been covered in a Planescape product are now being covered by Ravnica. It's like WotC spent months building up the idea of Curse of Strahd and instead gave us Curse of Innistrad. It would probably still be a cool product, but it would be a huge let down compared to Curse of Strahd. In many ways, this move feels less geared towards the interests of D&D's rich intellectual property and more geared towards the interests of WotC's overlord, Hasbro. </p><p></p><p>Now, I understand that sometimes WotC will have to appeal to said overlord. They are in this for the business. Why, however, spend so much time making us believe that longtime D&D fans would love the news only to give us a Magic the Gathering Plane and D&D's newest and least multiverse connected setting: Eberron. I say that as someone who LOVES Eberron and is willing to give Ravnica an honest try! I'll purchase Ravnica just like I have purchased almost everything else (and am trying to purchase, over time, that which I have not already come to own). I have already purchased the Wayfarer's Guide to Eberron. All in all, however, my expectations were horribly managed this time around. </p><p></p><p>If WotC had said, "we are going to try and create something brand new and surprising to appeal to new players--it will bear some correlations with content that longtime fans love, but we will also cross-pollinate between WotC's various intellectual properties," I would not have been disappointed. If WotC had said, "we will also be bringing back one of D&Ds newest and most popular settings," I would not have been disappointed. You tell me that you are creating something for longtime fans, though, and you better not be giving me Ravnica and Eberron. At that point in time, I expect Planescape, Spelljammer, Birthright, Dark Sun, or whatever. I just feel... mislead. I don't like it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cyber-Dave, post: 7468979, member: 82132"] I want to be very clear: Ravnica is a damn cool setting. The more I look up information about the setting, the more I think to myself, "huh... that would be a pretty cool environment to DM." I'm probably going to buy the setting and give it a whirl. The D&D team has earned a LOT of credit from me in terms of my good-will. Ravnica is brand new, at least to the D&D-verse. It is not a generic fantasy setting. It has interesting and new takes on previous ideas. Nevertheless, I feel let down, and this announcement has cost me some of my good-will towards the brand. Obviously, a lot of other players feel the same way. The question, then, is why. It's simple. We were led to believe that the offerings on the table would appeal to "longtime D&D fans." Ravnica does bear a lot of similarity to something that longtime D&D fans would love: Planescape and the city of Sigil. It isn't, however, Sigil. In fact, its existence forces one to ask, "where is the design space for Sigil now that Ravnica is being released?" It seems to me that the existence of Ravnica makes an official Planescape product less likely, as so many of the concepts that would have been covered in a Planescape product are now being covered by Ravnica. It's like WotC spent months building up the idea of Curse of Strahd and instead gave us Curse of Innistrad. It would probably still be a cool product, but it would be a huge let down compared to Curse of Strahd. In many ways, this move feels less geared towards the interests of D&D's rich intellectual property and more geared towards the interests of WotC's overlord, Hasbro. Now, I understand that sometimes WotC will have to appeal to said overlord. They are in this for the business. Why, however, spend so much time making us believe that longtime D&D fans would love the news only to give us a Magic the Gathering Plane and D&D's newest and least multiverse connected setting: Eberron. I say that as someone who LOVES Eberron and is willing to give Ravnica an honest try! I'll purchase Ravnica just like I have purchased almost everything else (and am trying to purchase, over time, that which I have not already come to own). I have already purchased the Wayfarer's Guide to Eberron. All in all, however, my expectations were horribly managed this time around. If WotC had said, "we are going to try and create something brand new and surprising to appeal to new players--it will bear some correlations with content that longtime fans love, but we will also cross-pollinate between WotC's various intellectual properties," I would not have been disappointed. If WotC had said, "we will also be bringing back one of D&Ds newest and most popular settings," I would not have been disappointed. You tell me that you are creating something for longtime fans, though, and you better not be giving me Ravnica and Eberron. At that point in time, I expect Planescape, Spelljammer, Birthright, Dark Sun, or whatever. I just feel... mislead. I don't like it. [/QUOTE]
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