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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 2732748" data-attributes="member: 22779">However, the problem with that is, how many products are innovative vs the number that do not improve on what came before or are just different for difference sake?  For every great, innovative product that comes out, there are a huge number that suck.  I'm sure that the writers of most of those products "thought" that they would be innovative, but, let's face it, not every product can be.Now, as far as WOTC lacking in innovation, well, that's quite possibly true.  Then again, how much damage would it do to WOTC to drop three or four lame duck products on the market?  If WOTC crashes, it's going to take the innovators out there right along with them.  A point you mentioned before.Saying that they are marketing to the "lowest common denominator" is incredibly insulting.  While some gamers may enjoy taking the risk on the next latest thing and trying out material which is frequently fairly far below WOTC standards, I don't think that consumers who stick with a tried and true provider should be seen as somehow less important or less valuable to the game. A recent thread talked about d20 products that "owned" WOTC products.  And there were quite a few.  But, one thing I took from that thread was that while a given company might produce a single better book, WOTC produced the second best book in pretty much any given category.  That means that WOTC, rather than simply catering to the masses, is actually producing very good products, just not the best product every time.</blockquote>

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