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So is there a point you feel that wotc should consider thinking about gms instead of brazenly ignoring the desires and needs of gms...

So WOTC actually listens to the community, it's their fault

I blame WotC more, for one they are supposed to be designers, not just pollsters. For another they did shut down changes that made it...

tighter math still lets you manipulate the situation, and you still can fudge die rolls too. You might actually have to do that less...

At some point we have to put some blame of the community Problems with D&D have been known for years. They don't get fixed because...

yeah, that part is definitely true decided not to wait that long ;)

yeah, their level of adherence to backwards compatibility basically killed 5.5 for me, along with me not actually liking the general...

It was the anchor of backwards compatibility that they hung around their own necks. Without it, they could have made those changes.

GM and players need to run combat like rainman or the matchup needs to be on par with Superman vrs some random and fifth graders Edit...

They can't, really - it's IMMENSELY DIFFICULT to fit 6-8 encounters into 3ish hours. I'd say impossible, but I hear anecdotally that...

Can you explain how recovery method changes things when a warlock casts a pact magic spell instead of a sorcerer or warlock casting the...

Well, whilst D&D of course remains overwhelmingly the most popular RPG, I think the momentum seems to be pretty much gone. I don't think...

The thing is, despite all my complaints, I actually think 5e is a well designed game. It has issues, but it works reasonably well for...

Nope. Draw Steel, Daggerheart, other RPGs and even 5.5e are just reinventing the fixes 4e introduced. Just not as ugly

I agree that you cannot design by committee. But having someone on staff who, y'know, is actually a professional at designing surveys...