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<blockquote data-quote="Painfully" data-source="post: 1544949" data-attributes="member: 601"><p>Let us remember that they promised Dragon would be a D&D ONLY magazine. The only drawback is that now it includes a minis game that holds almost no interest from most RP gamers because they could always get that level of combat in a D&D game without new rules, and it will still include the luke warm fiction that nobody I know would want to read. Adding Poly to Dragon will only serve to upset even more readers/subscribers than in Dungeon. </p><p></p><p>Paizo has lost touch with with the attractiveness behind the original release of Dungeon. Adventures. That's it. Plain and simple, and every DM's necessity. The addition of Will Wheaton in Dungeon makes no sense to me at all. He could be the funniest guy on the planet, but he still doesn't belong in Dungeon. Adventures belong in Dungeon.</p><p></p><p>If anybody can draw a line of reasoning that explains Will Wheaton's inclusion in Dungeon, feel free to enlighten me. Really! I want to hear any reasonable explanation outside of the fact he was an actor, or went to trekkie cons (those are hardly reasons to include him in Dungeon!).</p><p></p><p>Articles in Dungoen might sound cool, but articles are what I look for in Dragon. I don't flip through my archive of Dungeons to find an article, and I don't want to start. I suppose that makes me a Dungeon purist, but that is the magazine that I fell in love with since issue #1, and that's the Dungeon I want to subscribe to again if Paizo let's me.</p><p></p><p>What I think they should do, is bring back the special issues. No, not the annuals--those were nothing but billboards. I'm talking about the, "Best of" issues. Every two-three years they should collect the best articles and reprint them in a special issue. A, "Best of Polyhedron" would no doubt include the best minigames and satisfy many of their fans at least a little bit. A new "Best of Dragon" could collect the best articles of 3rd edition up to the release of Eberron, and a "Best of Dungeon" could collect the adventure path in a single special issue.</p><p></p><p>I don't want any of the Poly fans to think the rest of us are rejoicing over their pain. If Paizo only replaced Poly with articles and Will Wheaton, then I'm pretty sure I'm still not going to be happy about it, and still might hold back my subscription. I want more adventures, or else I'll keep my wallet closed.</p><p></p><p>I would love to see a new messageboard (modeled after EN World?) that supports everything Poly would/should/could have done. In fact, if Poly became a serious web-project, I know that Paizo could find MANY MANY volunteers here on EN World and from other messageboards. </p><p></p><p> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Painfully, post: 1544949, member: 601"] Let us remember that they promised Dragon would be a D&D ONLY magazine. The only drawback is that now it includes a minis game that holds almost no interest from most RP gamers because they could always get that level of combat in a D&D game without new rules, and it will still include the luke warm fiction that nobody I know would want to read. Adding Poly to Dragon will only serve to upset even more readers/subscribers than in Dungeon. Paizo has lost touch with with the attractiveness behind the original release of Dungeon. Adventures. That's it. Plain and simple, and every DM's necessity. The addition of Will Wheaton in Dungeon makes no sense to me at all. He could be the funniest guy on the planet, but he still doesn't belong in Dungeon. Adventures belong in Dungeon. If anybody can draw a line of reasoning that explains Will Wheaton's inclusion in Dungeon, feel free to enlighten me. Really! I want to hear any reasonable explanation outside of the fact he was an actor, or went to trekkie cons (those are hardly reasons to include him in Dungeon!). Articles in Dungoen might sound cool, but articles are what I look for in Dragon. I don't flip through my archive of Dungeons to find an article, and I don't want to start. I suppose that makes me a Dungeon purist, but that is the magazine that I fell in love with since issue #1, and that's the Dungeon I want to subscribe to again if Paizo let's me. What I think they should do, is bring back the special issues. No, not the annuals--those were nothing but billboards. I'm talking about the, "Best of" issues. Every two-three years they should collect the best articles and reprint them in a special issue. A, "Best of Polyhedron" would no doubt include the best minigames and satisfy many of their fans at least a little bit. A new "Best of Dragon" could collect the best articles of 3rd edition up to the release of Eberron, and a "Best of Dungeon" could collect the adventure path in a single special issue. I don't want any of the Poly fans to think the rest of us are rejoicing over their pain. If Paizo only replaced Poly with articles and Will Wheaton, then I'm pretty sure I'm still not going to be happy about it, and still might hold back my subscription. I want more adventures, or else I'll keep my wallet closed. I would love to see a new messageboard (modeled after EN World?) that supports everything Poly would/should/could have done. In fact, if Poly became a serious web-project, I know that Paizo could find MANY MANY volunteers here on EN World and from other messageboards. :D [/QUOTE]
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