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But that's what developers do. Developers are hired by a company to make a good game. And for each developer, the good game that they are making should be based around a central idea (or set of ideas) of what is "fun". *nods* And always keep in mind that someone's enjoyment of something you...

It's not, IMO, poor behaviour. What you appear to be saying is that designers can only express positive feelings towards something, or they should not comment at all on it. That is, to me, asking the developers to act intellectually dishonest. If the devs don't like something, I feel that they...

Of course, when the developers *were* saying things like that, and being very diplomatic and PR-friendly, they were immediately bombarded with accusations of "not giving any useful information" and "talking like politicians."

http://www.wizards.com/Company/Press.aspx?x=wz/press/54 Details:

I have told them about this thread.

There are a significant number of people on the WotC forums who regularly state that (paraphrased) "it is obvious that the WotC designers only play 4E and nothing else, because [RPG Game X] solved this problem X years ago".

I can guarantee, with 100% certainty, that *every* designer at WotC (as well as numerous freelancers) have a file somewhere (either physical or mental) on how they think that 5E should be designed. I can also guarantee that they are all, with every new idea or concept that is introduced, not...

It all depends on how the group likes to play the game. (Warning, hyper-exaggeration to make the point in the following paragraph.) If the group likes to angst over whether their characters are properly emotionally adjusted to the fact that the person who lives in a house across town got a...

What exactly are we supposed to take away from the article?

No. It will be soon. :P I have let WotC know many, many times about the not-unwarranted opinions on the current "Monster Tool".

I know that they are working on answers for a Ro3 column about DDI tools.

I am not sure if it helps, but here is the info in the Compendium on the Wild Hunt: Firbolg Master of the wild hunt - L22 Elite Wild Hunt Hound - L21 Wild Hunt Acolyte - L21 Elite The above just has the stat blocks, so you would need to look at Dungeon Delve, Monster Manuals 1 and 2 and...

Crap, must spread experience around before I can give it to The Auld Grump. But he is completely spot on. For a game where the enjoyment that one gets out of it is not only based on the game, but equally on the people you are playing it with as well as what you expect from it, for anyone to...

That's a given. Don't get me wrong, it *always* sucks around layoff time, both for those that got laid off as well as those that didn't. But, no-one goes to work at WotC without knowing that. Also, how much do these layoffs affect other, non-D&D parts of the company?

For you, it wouldn't be worth it. But for people who are interested in writing for D&D, it would be totally worth it. It is totally similar to playing football or hockey. You know that, at any moment, you could have a career-ending injury. For some people, that wouldn't be worth it. For many...

On the contrary. By all reports, WotC is an awesome place to work. If someone is at the level of skill and experience where they are aiming to work at WotC, they would have to have been living in some sort of weird space-time distortion to *not* realize that there are regular layoffs at WotC...

Nope. White Wolf, when they were still big in the RPG scene, was a very big player and introduced the Vampire series, which no-one will argue was not a significant impact.

I knew that you were around for the start of WotC and Paizo, but I didn't realize that you were around for the start of WW as well. Holy crap!! I am not sure that there are any people around, not just in the RPG sphere, but in any sphere, where one person has been in on the ground floor of 3...

Thanks Lisa. Your comments are much appreciated. You know what would be just awesome!! A series of blog posts about what you have learned from being around at the start of not one, but two world-class RPG companies.

As has been said above, please send your feedback to WotC. It is the best way to make sure that what you have said is heard. I will also be sending this up to WotC, but the surest way to make sure your feedback gets directly to the team working on it is to send it directly to WotC.