DDXP: When Anti's become Pro's

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

The latest example from this past weekend:
POSITIVE: We learned that 4e FR is to base its look and feel on that of Roger Dean's artwork. Wonderful news! Best thing I'd heard about 4e so far; and if it holds up they've probably just sold me a 4e FR setting book on that basis alone.
NEGATIVE: Then we learned that magic item descriptions etc. will be in the PH and not the DMG. Inconceivably horrible design if you like any mystery in the game; magic items were a prime source of it...but no more, as from here on players will expect to have that information in their grasp *in every future edition*! Worst thing I've heard about 4e so far, and that's saying something.

To me, this is a non-issue. How many players do you know who have never
perused the DMG? Many of them even own a copy. The sense of mystery around magic items evaporates after a player's first few game sessions, at best.