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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8521173" data-attributes="member: 5142">But the alignments of humanoid lineages are more flexible. Even if alignment returned, WotC maintains the clear trend of deemphasizing alignment. At the outset, 5e made a fair number of changes to lore - possibly more than 4e (cosmology aside) - but these went by mostly unnoticed in the immediate excitement of its release and those changes have continued. This is also one reason why I dislike the rhetoric of WotC caving into social media pressure. It turns the complexity of the fanbase and these changes into a finger-pointing, conspiracy-laden blame-game. What bears more fruit in discussion isn't &quot;blame grognards&quot; or &quot;blame Twitter,&quot; but, rather, the simple feedback of whether one likes these changes or not and why. We don't need to blame anyone to give our honest feedback. While there are some changes that I like, there are some that I am lukewarm, undecided, or even disappointed about. However, I don't think it's healthy to get upset about the changes that WotC are making. Sometimes it's healthier to say, &quot;(maybe) this isn't for me&quot; and then move on. I will admit that learning how and when to disengage can be a challenging skill to learn. But also it's not as if our hobby is short on good quality D&amp;D-like or even D&amp;D 5e-based games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 8521173, member: 5142"] But the alignments of humanoid lineages are more flexible. Even if alignment returned, WotC maintains the clear trend of deemphasizing alignment. At the outset, 5e made a fair number of changes to lore - possibly more than 4e (cosmology aside) - but these went by mostly unnoticed in the immediate excitement of its release and those changes have continued. This is also one reason why I dislike the rhetoric of WotC caving into social media pressure. It turns the complexity of the fanbase and these changes into a finger-pointing, conspiracy-laden blame-game. What bears more fruit in discussion isn't "blame grognards" or "blame Twitter," but, rather, the simple feedback of whether one likes these changes or not and why. We don't need to blame anyone to give our honest feedback. While there are some changes that I like, there are some that I am lukewarm, undecided, or even disappointed about. However, I don't think it's healthy to get upset about the changes that WotC are making. Sometimes it's healthier to say, "(maybe) this isn't for me" and then move on. I will admit that learning how and when to disengage can be a challenging skill to learn. But also it's not as if our hobby is short on good quality D&D-like or even D&D 5e-based games. [/QUOTE]

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