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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9093731" data-attributes="member: 7006">What some people really should have done was just not look at the playtests at all and instead just flipped through the book upon its release in the summer of '24.&nbsp; Then they could see the complete results with fresh eyes, see everything that was fixed or changed compared to 5E14, see everything they liked previously that remained, and then made a decision whether or not it was worth it to them to pick the product up.Instead, they picked apart every single playtest packet... spent weeks upon weeks going through the math of every single new feature and change (even thought they KNOW that WotC has not in fact done ANYTHING regarding math balance because that's not what they use us for-- they have their own internal metrics and Alpha testers for that)... worked themselves up into a frenzy over what remained or what changed... and then get all pissed off when other people in larger quantities told them through the surveys that those things they loved actually weren't any good and they didn't want the game to go in that direction.Long story short... 'iterative design' is no place for the emotionally bound.&nbsp; You HAVE to be willing to &quot;kill your darlings&quot;.&nbsp; If you can't do that... you probably aren't cut out for something like this.&nbsp; You'll only get hurt in the end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9093731, member: 7006"] What some people really should have done was just not look at the playtests at all and instead just flipped through the book upon its release in the summer of '24. Then they could see the complete results with fresh eyes, see everything that was fixed or changed compared to 5E14, see everything they liked previously that remained, and then made a decision whether or not it was worth it to them to pick the product up. Instead, they picked apart every single playtest packet... spent weeks upon weeks going through the math of every single new feature and change (even thought they KNOW that WotC has not in fact done ANYTHING regarding math balance because that's not what they use us for-- they have their own internal metrics and Alpha testers for that)... worked themselves up into a frenzy over what remained or what changed... and then get all pissed off when other people in larger quantities told them through the surveys that those things they loved actually weren't any good and they didn't want the game to go in that direction. Long story short... 'iterative design' is no place for the emotionally bound. You HAVE to be willing to "kill your darlings". If you can't do that... you probably aren't cut out for something like this. You'll only get hurt in the end. [/QUOTE]

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