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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 376252" data-attributes="member: 151">I'm curious what issues of the past you would give as an example of how Dragon should be, as opposed to how it is, now.Many of my older issues of Dragon, pre-3E, were interesting, but not terribly useful.  Currently, I've yet to have an issue of Dragon (the Drow issue notwithstanding) that didn't have a good chunk of content for my use.  Even the Shannara issue, which is one of my least favorite of the past three years, still had some good content I made use of in-game.  Far more useful than, say, the Jester NPC class, for example.Do I miss the reviews section?  Yes, I do.  Do I like the fiction?  Not particularly.  I usually don't read it, despite the quality, as it's not what I buy or read Dragon for....I can get that from other sources.  I feel the same way about the Chainmail articles and wish they'd review PC games, instead of doing silly pseudo-feat articles about them.  I don't take much interest in Ed Greenwood's material, but certainly can see how many (possibly most) do.  And so forth.But I do think that, page for page, the Dragon currently is far superior to it's previous incarnations by leaps and bounds.  Issue 300 was not the landmark issue I'd expected, to be sure...but it was a good issue.  Lots of good content, nice art and the promise of improvement.  I think the real problem is that folks were looking for the magazine to 'wow' them, and it really doesn't.  It performs, but it's not really that special in the way you would hope such an anniversary issue would be.  I agree, but I don't see that so much as a failing as a missed opportunity.  I certainly understand the business decisions that led to it.So what do you think would be an improvement for Dragon Magazine?  I think the editors would be much more interested in what you feel they're doing wrong than the simple quote above.</blockquote>

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