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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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Well, I don't expect perfection, and said as much: WotC simply didn't do enough playtesting to even identify things like "Spells of 4th+... -
DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Are you familiar with the way old-school D&D tended to require that you burn through half a dozen (or more!) characters before you...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Anyone who thought 5e was actually going to be "evergreen": I have a bridge I'd like to sell you. Your "planned obsolescence" thing...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I don't see how that isn't forcing them to dance to the tune. And this group has always been much more vocal than their size warrants...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Azzy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Because an older cohort has nostalgia for that edition. Because a bunch of older players were salty about 4e and were very vocal about it.
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
You are--let me check--more than 10 years too late on this. Player-culture conservativism objectively won the Edition War. Folks with...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Levistus's_Leviathan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I think you should reread the OP, because that is clearly not what it’s talking about.
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Levistus's_Leviathan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
It’s been 50 years. Of course the game is going to change. Of course new players are going to have a different playstyle. To deny that...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Levistus's_Leviathan's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
“The youths are playing the game wrong and driving the hobby off the cliff.” This is like the epitome of a terrible gatekeeping opinion.
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
The issue, I think, is that there are people who probably would be a lot happier with an OSR game who stick with 5E -- and don't like it...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Azzy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Exactly. When 4e came out, I was salty because it wasn't an iteration of 3e. So, I continued to DM/play 3.5e and didn't go on message...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to pukunui's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I would say this conservatism also applies to the open playtest "design by committee" aspect of 5e as well. They put out some really...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Note: I DO NOT MEAN POLITICAL CONSERVATISM. This is not a thread about politics. I mean "conservatism" as in resistance to change. You...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
My point isn't that people shouldn't liek what they like, but rather they should play the game they like rather than constantly...
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DDerrick Kapchinsky reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Can’t really argue with you there @Reynard. People absolutely should like what they like. But you don’t have to endlessly piddle in...