D&D 5E Do you want D&D Next to succeed?

[Stormonu]

Will you be happy if the game is popular, even if it's not one you'd want to play?

Eh, I'd rather it was a system I liked so I could waste my money on D&D again, but if the game doesn't turn out to be what I like, it can go on it's merry way - I have learned to take up other pursuits/games.

Will you be willing to give it a try to support the D&D brand that has brought so many people years of fun, even if the rules aren't perfect? (And really, have you ever thought any version of D&D had perfect rules?)

I'll give it a try, but if the game isn't to my liking I won't be sticking with it.

And strangely, I did use to think back in the AD&D days that the game was perfect, but I was only about 13...

Do you trust that the game designers are people who love gaming, who want to help others have fun, and who are trying to make a game that best encapsulates what they think the audience wants D&D to be?

I do trust the designers are doing their best, but I recognize they may have superiors who have other priorities, and may induce requirements that may be at odds with the aims of the designers (as may have been the case with Monte).

Do you think that the benefits of having Hasbro's infrastructure to help market, distribute, and sell the game outweigh whatever limitations might be passed down from a corporate level?

Nope, I think that if D&D were in the hands of a smaller company - say the size of Paizo - it would be in much better hands as it would, in part, depend much more on it's customer base than on its corporate infrastructure to slush fund projects.

Will you not begrudge your fellow gamers if they have different tastes than you?

I'll try not to, but sometimes it's hard not to knock something you REALLY don't like - especially when you wish you did.

 

[Mishihari Lord]

Sure I want it to succeed even if I don't play it. D&D is the gateway RPG for most new players. If the current and supported version of D&D fails then we'll have a lot less folks coming into the hobby, which means less dollars to create quality products for me to use and fewer people for me to play my preferred RPG with.

 

[Warbringer]

Yes, I hope it is successful, even if not to my taste.

I'd have been happy if 4e had maintained its early success, why, because I want the brand to be successful, and to survive.

Ive played dnd in many favors since 1978, have nearly ever book printed and would love to keep adding until I take them with me

And so, whatever my playing preference I hope it succeeds, if not only to survive for future investment for an edition I want to play ..

 

[the Jester]

I hope 5e (I really don't like the "Next" moniker) proves a business success.

I also hope it succeeds with me and my group- that it comes yet closer to the "Platonic ideal" of D&D for my playstyle.

 

[FireLance]

I really don't like the "Next" moniker

Truth. It makes me think of the current and all previous editions as D&D "Classic".

And that's about as far as I will go with that.

 

[Ratskinner]

Generally speaking....Yes. I gain nothing if it isn't.

Will you be happy if the game is popular, even if it's not one you'd want to play?

I may or may not be. I'd be disappointed, anyway.

Will you be willing to give it a try to support the D&D brand that has brought so many people years of fun, even if the rules aren't perfect? (And really, have you ever thought any version of D&D had perfect rules?)

Almost certainly. I allow for the possibility that the playtest process will take the game in some wild direction and eventually force me to abandon it. However, I don't think that's likely.

Do you trust that the game designers are people who love gaming, who want to help others have fun, and who are trying to make a game that best encapsulates what they think the audience wants D&D to be?

Yes, on all counts. Although, that may not be the only set of motivations they have, and money/greed can corrupt those ideals.

Do you think that the benefits of having Hasbro's infrastructure to help market, distribute, and sell the game outweigh whatever limitations might be passed down from a corporate level?

Tough to say with great certainty, but I'm feeling "No".

Will you not begrudge your fellow gamers if they have different tastes than you?

umm...I suppose that depends on how obnoxious they are about it. Honestly, though, I don't see much point in hanging around D&D websites and forums if I'm not interested in it anymore.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

It wouldn't majorly affect my happiness if a game I don't play is popular and succesful.

I think there are pretty decent and talented people working at Wizards of the Coast, and so I generally wish them success rather than failure.

 

[TrippyHippy]

Whether it's the game for me when it finally comes out is something I'll have to decide then, but I absolutely want it to be a success.

 

[Herremann the Wise]

I hope it is successful because if it fails, it is going to put a huge dent in the accessibility and popularity of our hobby... and I love our hobby! I will purchase it because it is D&D, regardless of how much our group plays it.

Best Regards
Herremann the Wise

 

[Maggan]

Will you be happy if the game is popular, even if it's not one you'd want to play?

Sure, I like to see a health game being published, and D&D is an important game to me.

I don't know if I will play it continually, but I will try it to see how I like it.

/Maggan