MoonSong
Rules-lawyering drama queen but not a munchkin
This isn't RPG.net.
I'm not licensed to practice in that jurisdiction...
This isn't RPG.net.
So, sorry about putting a damper on the funny stuff, but...You just gotta get a big enough following and you can control the narrative and that'll influence decisions made by companies.
Individually, you may change 0 minds, but it's not about convincing those you are arguing with. It is about convincing people who may just read the argument. It is about controlling narratives.
I'm an edition sorlockadin! My bizarre broken mashup is the best EVAR!Are all the edition warriors supposed to change class to edition wizards or something in order to be liked?
So, sorry about putting a damper on the funny stuff, but...
If you cite a designer saying, "Yeah, that BigPoster on GamingMessageBoards, we heard what they said and thought it was the right way to go," you'd have a point. But we have seen no clear evidence that this has happened with D&D, at least based on activity on this site.
We do not know that WotC designers read these boards with any regularity. And, the size of the regular posting population on EN World is small compared to the size of the playtesting population for 5e. Ergo, most of the playtesters were not reading these boards, and so attempts to control the narrative did not reach them, and they gave their own feedback, independent of attempts here to force design decisions one way or another.
More importantly, attempting this on these boards with anything other than good sense and decent game design chops generally means using posting styles and patterns that typically violate our terms of service, and get you banned.
Several have thought what you said was true, in the past, and tried to "control the narrative". They often got banned from the site, and I don't think anyone actually managed to control the local narrative. So, good luck with this advice.
Close. More likely, however:Put two RPG fans in a room and you'll come out with 3 opinions of which system is best.
Didnt Darth Bane implement this rule also?Edition warriors love each other. There must always be two, or there will be no argument. And the argument seems to be the point.
This is such an accurate representation, someone just accused me of white knighting for paizo elsewhere, meanwhile my 5e collection from before I switched to PF2e is right beside me, along with my 4e books, and I still remember people insisting that I only liked 4e rather than Pathfinder 1e because I was a WOTC fanboy back in like, 2011.
It was a Red arrow. Got through my Black shield.