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<blockquote data-quote="ShadowDenizen" data-source="post: 3803005" data-attributes="member: 16485">I know we'll never have &quot;unlimited&quot; playtest time, and stuff WILL slip through the cracks regardless of the exhaustiveness...And I don't know what &quot;average&quot; playtesting times are, but it seems to me that this is a VERY short time-frame; playtesting packets are just going out now, and the book (PHB) is due out in less than a year, with &quot;promo products&quot; out considerably sooner that that.Really? You think?I disagree; I tend to think you'd get MORE useful opinions than by telling the groups to &quot;Test rules X, Y &amp; Z.&quot;&nbsp; (I don't know how rperesentative of the D+D audience I am, but if I were playtesting, and given free rein, I would LOOK for things that could be broken, or &quot;niche&quot; things.)I agree with this, mostly; but the books are only coming out a month apart, so if they get useful info on Monsters, or broken magic items, I would hope that they take it into account.(Everything DOES eventually tie together, after all.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ShadowDenizen, post: 3803005, member: 16485"] I know we'll never have "unlimited" playtest time, and stuff WILL slip through the cracks regardless of the exhaustiveness... And I don't know what "average" playtesting times are, but it seems to me that this is a VERY short time-frame; playtesting packets are just going out now, and the book (PHB) is due out in less than a year, with "promo products" out considerably sooner that that. Really? You think? I disagree; I tend to think you'd get MORE useful opinions than by telling the groups to "Test rules X, Y & Z." (I don't know how rperesentative of the D+D audience I am, but if I were playtesting, and given free rein, I would LOOK for things that could be broken, or "niche" things.) I agree with this, mostly; but the books are only coming out a month apart, so if they get useful info on Monsters, or broken magic items, I would hope that they take it into account. (Everything DOES eventually tie together, after all.) [/QUOTE]

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