WotC has multiple audiences, some of which are hyper-focused on what's best for them, and not best for the game or RPG community more generally. I think turning LMoP into an even better on-ramp for new players to use for the next decade would have been great. Others obviously were more keenly focused on getting something new for them and the WotC team was focused on, well, I'm not sure what, but something other than just making LMoP Super Deluxe.
Personally, I blame the rise of Net Promoter Score as a business metric, precisely because it only positively values answers at 9-10 out of 10.In fairness, sometimes really good reviews are also incoherent rants.
That said, I generally agree with you regarding "review inflation." Anything less than the highest possible number is considered sub-standard, so it feels like the majority of reviews on most sites are either "5 stars" or "1 star" (in order to stand out from the 5 stars, I guess?).
It's almost like there is a lack of nuance and thought put into some of these crowd-sourced reviews.
one star reviews are as worthless as the 5 star reviews. you have to read the 2 to 4 star reviews and filter out the dumb stuff to get an accurate feel for anything these days.
your not expecting the masses on the internet to actually think before posting are you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that to me is different, if you already have CoS, why get it a second time, there isn’t 50% new content (or even 10…). That to me is more like a B&G release
Don't. Not every release is meant to be for every potential D&D customer.
that is not what they tried, I’d probably have been ok with that too, if that meant 50% now beginner friendly content, rather than DoIP
That is immensely clear.
