thecasualoblivion
First Post
Probably none, I doubt they're listening with any sympathy. No-one's going to slap their forehead after listening to someone written off as a "toxic customer" or someone "impossible to please" and recant most of "the design that will save D&D" that they've invested so much of themselves in. But I'm passionate about the game, and care what happens to it, and will argue my corner on things D&D...perhaps out of habit, grief, or a sense of outrage.
I know it would be convenient for you if I shut up and go away (and I have to an extent, I don't frequent ENWorld much anymore), but that just frustrates me with what WOTC have done all the more. Yes they own the trademark, but to me D&D is bigger than WOTC and what they've decided is 4E. I guess I'd be more willing to walk away if it were their baby that they were redefining, but it's not, they're no Gygax, Mentzer or Arneson. 30 years on, D&D belongs to all of us, and I don't care if you read that as unjustified entitlement.
To an extent I hope that D&D is deposed, now, and something I'd consider more D&Dish (like Pathfinder) would take it's place as top dog. That's probably my best hope for the game's future, albeit a quixotic one - I don't even play Pathfinder as my weekly game. I know 4E fans may consider that pernicious, but nowhere is it written that you should get your way either.
You have to accept that it isn't all about you.