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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9066168" data-attributes="member: 7006">I'm cynical enough to believe that WotC is in a &quot;no-win&quot; situation here regardless.&nbsp; Even if they brought in several martial artist consultants and they made changes to the Monk as a result of their findings... some things that remain coded as Asian-inspired will upset a large swathe of the market, and other things that had those Asian-inspired ideas stripped away will upset another large swathe of the market.&nbsp; We few schmucks here on EN World can't even agree whether Rangers should have favored enemies or not... do we really think the billions of people in the Asian market will all come together and agree whether the D&amp;D Monk is acceptable or not no matter the changes?Not to mention that we also have the situation where it is a single &quot;potentially Asian-inspired&quot; class amongst 11 other &quot;Euro-inspired&quot; classes, so there is a disparity there.&nbsp; Why only one Eastern concept amongst so many Western?&nbsp; Which then of course would then lead to others asking the question of where are the potential African, South Asian, and South American-inspired classes?&nbsp; Why is East Asia represented and these others are not?&nbsp; And how many of all of these other peoples do we need to represent to balance this big tent of Dungeons &amp; Dragons?I mean at the end of the day, that's the cross WotC will have to bear for being the biggest dog in the yard.&nbsp; There will be an expectation that their game be everything to everyone because they are the ones with the finances and reach to BE everything to everyone.&nbsp; And they're going to have to try and walk that fine line of &quot;How can we be representative without being pandering?&quot; and &quot;Can we actually expand the width of the game beyond Euro-centric medieval fantasy without diluting the game to the point where it becomes nothing to no one, rather than everything to everyone?&quot;I have absolutely no idea what the answer is because I do not know what the future peoples of the world will want or need to see in this game of Dungeons &amp; Dragons.&nbsp; And I just hope that Wizards of the Coast will be able to do their best to answer somewhat correctly... AND be prepared for the backlash if they guess wrong.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9066168, member: 7006"] I'm cynical enough to believe that WotC is in a "no-win" situation here regardless. Even if they brought in several martial artist consultants and they made changes to the Monk as a result of their findings... some things that remain coded as Asian-inspired will upset a large swathe of the market, and other things that had those Asian-inspired ideas stripped away will upset another large swathe of the market. We few schmucks here on EN World can't even agree whether Rangers should have favored enemies or not... do we really think the billions of people in the Asian market will all come together and agree whether the D&D Monk is acceptable or not no matter the changes? Not to mention that we also have the situation where it is a single "potentially Asian-inspired" class amongst 11 other "Euro-inspired" classes, so there is a disparity there. Why only one Eastern concept amongst so many Western? Which then of course would then lead to others asking the question of where are the potential African, South Asian, and South American-inspired classes? Why is East Asia represented and these others are not? And how many of all of these other peoples do we need to represent to balance this big tent of Dungeons & Dragons? I mean at the end of the day, that's the cross WotC will have to bear for being the biggest dog in the yard. There will be an expectation that their game be everything to everyone because they are the ones with the finances and reach to BE everything to everyone. And they're going to have to try and walk that fine line of "How can we be representative without being pandering?" and "Can we actually expand the width of the game beyond Euro-centric medieval fantasy without diluting the game to the point where it becomes nothing to no one, rather than everything to everyone?" I have absolutely no idea what the answer is because I do not know what the future peoples of the world will want or need to see in this game of Dungeons & Dragons. And I just hope that Wizards of the Coast will be able to do their best to answer somewhat correctly... AND be prepared for the backlash if they guess wrong. [/QUOTE]

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