Are you convinced yet?

[Kzach]

There seems to be a common theme with all the information I'm hearing about D&D Next; almost everything I'm hearing, I'm liking.

But I still remain skeptical that it will deliver anything near to what is being promised. Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE to see it be everything and more than what is being touted, I simply lack faith in the end product actually living up to the hype.

History tends to repeat, after all.

The fact that I keep hearing what I want to hear from WotC is actually starting to make me concerned. It's one thing to echo the desires of the community and another thing entirely to actually deliver it. I'm almost starting to think that I'm simply being told what they know I want to hear in order to maintain my interest.

Colour me a cynic, but the more positive things I hear about the new system, the less inclined I am to believe it will ever exist. I know we'll get to see some of the system in action come May 24th, but even then it will be just a preview and not the actual, end system, so unless it delivers a lot of what has been promised then ultimately it means very little.

Where do you stand? Is your faith absolute? Or is it... disturbing?

 

[Alzrius]

I simply take it as a given that promises are written in poetry, while results are delivered in prose.

 

[Grimmjow]

i keep going to and from. I like the idea of DDN then i hate it.

At the moment I'm loving it. Im looking forward to play testing it and giving my advice. The problem is that so far almost everything I've posted on here, nobody else seems to like, which means my ideas, which are the minority, is not going to happen.

I do understand where you are coming from with all these plusses there has to be a catch in there somewhere!

 

[Umbran]

Where do you stand? Is your faith absolute? Or is it... disturbing?

Faith is for those who need to put in some investment, sight unseen. That is not us. WotC can flap it's jaws 'til a gale-force wind threatens to blow away people's dice - in the end the game will speak for itself.

We don't need to have faith. Merely patience.

 

[Morrus]

I think May 24th is going to be the convincing/unconvincing date for a lot of people. Once we look at the core rules, that's gonna decide it for the majority one way or the other, I'm sure.

 

[grimslade]

4 weeks until the playtest, I remain intrigued but await actual data. 4 weeks is a short time, Mearls had me at 'open playtest', the rest of the promises are just foreplay.

 

[Shadeydm]

I like the message (if i'm understanding it correctly) that they want the next iteration to be a core game that feels like DnD from which by adding various rules modules you can emulate your favorite edition's style of play. Sounds great sign me up. But all the information we have to date seems vague. I don't feel like we have enough information to really offer an informed opinion regarding achieving this goal. It's a great goal but so is world peace. I hope they can really pull it off I haven't seen anything to date thats says yes or no one way or the other.

 

[Kzach]

I think May 24th is going to be the convincing/unconvincing date for a lot of people. Once we look at the core rules, that's gonna decide it for the majority one way or the other, I'm sure.

But as a playtest, the goal is to modify it according to feedback. So unless the playtest turns out to be almost perfect and what everyone expects, I don't expect the playtest to resemble the end product.

Having said that, I could see people judging the end product based on the playtest and never giving the ACTUAL system a chance beyond that...

 

[Scribble]

But as a playtest, the goal is to modify it according to feedback. So unless the playtest turns out to be almost perfect and what everyone expects, I don't expect the playtest to resemble the end product.

Having said that, I could see people judging the end product based on the playtest and never giving the ACTUAL system a chance beyond that...

My worry is that people will see the play-test, tune out because they think it's not for them, and then be convinced that WoTC was just pretending about the play-test all along, and not actually taking anything people say into consideration.

 

[avin]

My bet? We'll see at ENworld, after March 24th:

- 1/2AD&D / basic players saying it's too modern for them.
- 3.5/PF players saying they already got PF and don't need DDN.
- 4E players saying they don't want to move back and already got their game.
- Some people will praise and love the game.
- Some people will wait to see advanced modules.

If this first step of Beta is the same stuff people have been playing I don't think we'll see something really new...

Me? I just hope DDN is fun enough and wide enough for at least people try it and decide if they like it or not