WotC president Greg Leeds and I!!!

[Cadfan]

Edited by admin. You make a post that ignores admin instructions, right after the admin told you not to? I give you points for chutzpah, which you can spend on a different thread.

 

[Mournblade94]

"Some gamers have said that 4E does not meet their needs for roleplaying as well as prior editions. How would you respond? Does WotC plan to reach out to that market segment? How do you address some of the concerns/criticism about 4E? In retrospect, what do you think you would have done differently in the lead up to the release of 4E?"

This above all is what I would like to have discussed. It is entirely possible to discuss this with WOTC without propagating negativity, especially if you use the tone in the above example.

 

[Mournblade94]

I genuinely would. At the moment I feel like a biker who's been primed for the release of a new Harley Davidson line, only to find that all of their bikes will from now on have a silent electric motor, an extra wheel, and a default bright pastel paint scheme with Hello Kitty highlights.

Oh, and the advertising campaign lays claim to the tough, iconic heritage of the new range, as though it's the new and improved generation of a classic brand.

I would of given you experience for this one as well...

Great analogy!

 

[Voadam]

A reminder of what Brix is not looking for and is looking for

When I have the opportunity to talk to the president of WotC I will not use the time to complain more about the situation, but to present ideas what WotC could do to make us 3E people happy again.

Therefore I ask you: "What would you do if you were Greeg Leeds, president of WotC in the current situation?"

That means I collect as many ideas as possible from you and present them to Mr. Leeds. So please share you positive ideas at wherever you find this posting. The more people take part in this survey the better. As I hope we all will benefit from that opportunity.

So as a 3e person what positive ideas do you have for WotC to do.

 

[Voadam]

I have another suggestion for Leeds.

Release more of the old 3e stuff under the OGL. This would allow small publishers to develop stuff from them. I would love to see pdfs of 3e warlock class books. I would like to see Book of 9 swords, Tome of Magic, and Magic of Incarnum things. I would love to see Fiend Folio, MMII-V, Monsters of Faerun, and Fiendish Codexes released as OGC and available for use on d20 srd.org the way I use MM monster stat information from there.

As a 3e player and DM this would make me very happy.

 

[Alzrius]

I have another suggestion for Leeds.

Release more of the old 3e stuff under the OGL. This would allow small publishers to develop stuff from them. I would love to see pdfs of 3e warlock class books. I would like to see Book of 9 swords, Tome of Magic, and Magic of Incarnum things. I would love to see Fiend Folio, MMII-V, Monsters of Faerun, and Fiendish Codexes released as OGC and available for use on d20 srd.org the way I use MM monster stat information from there.

As a 3e player and DM this would make me very happy.

This will absolutely never happen. How I wish it would...but it won't.

 

[Voadam]

This will absolutely never happen. How I wish it would...but it won't.

I believe you are right, but the question was to present ideas of "what WotC could do to make us 3E people happy again."

Being magnaminous and releasing old edition stuff they are no longer using as OGC would make me happy. As would their selling cheap old edition (including 3e) pdfs. The former would be a gift to 3e and those who profit from 3e (which unfortunately is no longer WotC with the suspension of 3e pdfs). The latter would, I believe, benefit WotC directly.

 

[Lonely Tylenol]

Okay, here's my question:

Why are you addressing us with all that evasive business-speak in the ENWorld interview? You had to have known that kind of language is transparently cagey, and that we'd be disappointed and aggrieved by your responses. I hope you don't think we're idiots, and so I want to know what that was all about.

The consensus around here is that the interview told us almost nothing, and did little to help us to understand the situation. In fact, it seemed as though you had a script of pre-prepared answers which you were selecting in order to respond to questions you hadn't yet seen. Will you not deal plainly with us, your paying customers (and in some cases, shareholders), concerning the company's decisions and direction?

Previously, we have been provided with company information by people like Scott Rouse, whom the community perceives to be someone who speaks to us as interested parties who have legitimate concerns with respect to the D&D game. Scott treats us like human beings, and most of us appreciate that. Why have you decided to deviate from that strategy?

 

[concerro]

I would like for the pdfs of the earlier editions to be open for sale again. Those that are going to buy them will buy them, and those that won't, can't be stopped from obtaining them because they are already released. Anything a person believes to be worth buying will be bought. If you(WoTC) decide to cancel anything again try to handle it the way goodman games did. People will still be unhappy, but you will have less unhappy people. If you are not selling whatever you are cancelling through a 3rd party(you are selling it yourselves) then at least 2 weeks notification will still be nice.

 

[Aberzanzorax]

I think a great beginning question would be:

"So! Why are you here?"


If given business-speak:


Followup:

"No, really. Why are you here?"