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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3763358" data-attributes="member: 22779">In other words, everything we're seeing right now is just small bits and pieces without any context.  Some people read snippets and go off on lengthy tangents about how the game is going to be.  I took Noonan as saying, don't sweat it too much, wait and see.  I fail to see how this is very insulting.  Never mind that there are a number of vocal gamers who LIKE From the Ashes.  Not me, granted, but, different strokes and all that.  This also ignores things like the fact that in 1e THERE WAS NO CORE.  Every book was 100% official and there was no guidelines stating that Book X trumps Book Y.  Thus you had arguments that brought in Dragon articles and Unearthed Arcana and the like that just went around and around in circles.  Sorry, power creep was more than alive and well in 1e era as well.  You never played 1e with a protractor and a piece of string?  You missed out.  Yeah, because my Priest of Kossuth that could summon Fire Elementals (2e) at 5th level wasn't overpowered at all.  Or my Paladin using the Cavalier rules from Unearthed Arcana (1e).  Or my double spec'ed fighter getting extra attacks and +3 to hit and damage at 1st level.  Or...Really?  Unasked for by you perhaps.  However, I'm thinking that you might be in a minority position there.There are easily as many rule changes between 3e and 3.5 as there was between 1e and 2e.  There you have a point.  When 3e came out, the hobby was gasping on its deathbed.  Crap rules had choked the life out of the game and a new rules set was greeted with open arms.  4e has some massively huge shoes to fill.As far as Dragon and Dungeon go, well, people forget that both magazines were on life support a few years ago and Paizo managed to bring them back.  Well done them.  But, both magazines only reached a very, very small number of gamers.  The hope is that D&DI will reach a much wider audience.  Whether this pans out or not remains to be seen.  But, considering they've already stated that online material will be made available offline, the conspiracy theory rumourmongering isn't helping.</blockquote>

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