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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 1065011" data-attributes="member: 2205">Re: From his wife...What matters to a "true gamer" should be up to said "true gamer."  Artwork is very important to me, at least.  There are so many good books in print that I can expect to only pick up the absolutely superior books and still have enough material to game with for years.  I hardly think the reasons are stupid; I'd give second thoughts to a book that had no good artwork myself, unless the rules were incredibly good.  And most of the people who've complained about the art have also complained about the rules not being to their taste.That said, I completely disagree that the layout or the art is bad.  I simply can't understand those comments at all (except for Squiggle -- the artist who paints by spilling ink on paper.)  Sam Wood is my favorite artist in the RPG industry, and his work is showcased throughout the book much more than any other artist.  I actually really like the layout; I can't for the life of me understand what the complaints about it are (do any of you read books outside of the RPG industry, I wonder?  Otherwise, I can't understand the complaint of the layout as "boring").  Lacking color is, in my opinion, a silly complaint, since only WotC itself and occasionally SSS have color books in the d20 market.  That shows a clear lack of understanding of the industry.  Other valid complaints (which I'd still disagree with) about the ideas not being very innovative (weren't necessarily supposed to be, except relative to D&D.  Besides, it's not like we didn't know what races and classes it was going to contain for months ahead of time) or compatible with D&D (not an issue to me, since I'm looking at probably having AU run as a discreet unit, completely seperate from D&D) are all ones I've heard as well.I guess at the end of the day, anyone can like or not like the book for whatever damn reason they want.  Even though I disagree strongly with the complaints presented on this thread, I also feel that's hardly a reason to insult them or call them stupid.  And making some nebulous claim that "true gamers" wouldn't care about things like that is presumptive and rude as well.</blockquote>

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