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That's fair. There were a lot of shortcomings, and expectations weren't always met. That could be said of any edition. But at least here, we were given a clear goal and transparency for reasons why certain things were done the way they were. I can appreciate that, even when they came up short.

A lot of people tend to overlook the significant impact that 4e made not just by redefining the structure of the planes themselves, but grounding everything that makes D&D into its own defined universe. Monsters of every imaginable kind could be traced to an origin that not only made sense, but...

Here's one of the things I loved best about the 4e design. Monsters are less generic. You can have a standard Hill Giant doing all the normal Hill Giant things one would expect. But you also have alternatives ready to drop in for support, theme, and variety, without having to do the extra work...

At least we can see where improvements were made later by the time Essentials rolled out.

I think it's important to understand what you and I mean when we use specific terms like "agency", especially when it gets used so often that many of us seem to think it means one thing while someone else uses it is thinking it means something else. So explaining that helps, and I, for one...

The system mechanics for D&D are nothing if not artificial. I try not to worry too much in explaining away or justifying this particular conceit for an engine that is built primarily on artificial constructs and resolutions. There are other systems out there that are designed to address these...

A lot of the issues described throughout this thread could be considered among the common pet peeves of many. These problems didn't manifest themselves, however, but emerged as natural responses for a system that often lacks any clear or decisive solutions, and generally accepted by the...

Disregard.

Nevermind.

I just want to take a moment to thank everyone in this thread who shared their personal experiences and challenges with anonymous strangers online. Things like this don't get talked about enough. Many of us go through it alone and unaware how others might deal with, and often struggle against...

"Big Trouble in Little Borderland"

I don't know what's happening anymore.

This is not the first time they've made claims over a selective or revised interpretation of their own legacy. Remember how Tyranny of Dragons was presented as the first time players would get to face Tiamat? Just pretend they weren't the BBEG in the Scales of War campaign published in the...

Waiting for D&D the Cereal and D&D the Musical to complete my bingo card!

Regardless what the previews offer, the results will be as expected.