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Adventurer
They could also make a new edition that is great and has everything you always wanted.
Chances of that are the same as those of me becoming a billionaire (because if I become a billionaire, I can buy Hasbro and make D&D whatever I want).
They could actually make an online platform that is great and works for everyone. They could give me plastic houses and jetpacks we all were told were coming as well. Are people not going to play it if it is that cool?
No they couldn’t. I don’t think that’s actually physically possible.
I gather a lot of people here will still say no, never, where is my pitchfork. I also think that a lot of people will convert.
I think some might. I’m sure many won’t. Games aren’t cars, there’s no absolute technological improvements that can be done to a game to improve it, but there is with cars (and even then many people prefer older cars that are objectively less good than newer cars). It’s art, not technology. You change something, some people aren’t going to like it, while some people will. Both will argue that their preference is better.
D&D was never the biggest game because it was the best game. It was the biggest game because it was first and then network externalities kept it that way. Making the game “better” or “worse” won’t change that.
Of course, we will be back to the thread of the designers and if they look at the playtest feedback or have their blinders on.