That was nicely condesending.
Wasn't intended to be- so my apologies if it came off that way.
I just read a lot of "the secret meaning behind X decision" posts. In my opinion this is over thinking things, and overestimating the ability of a company to manage something like that.
No insult intended- simply pointing out that the majority of posts I read about some business decision or other inevitably suggest some sort of conspiratorial element.
Its actually normal for those who manage companies (ie not R&D) to make decisions about what they do. In the case of WotC, for example, we know that essentials was driven by marketing.
Sure- I'm not saying marketing has no influence, that would be as one sided and incorrect as saying they have total influence over something. Decisions are never made from on high without any other input.
Marketing probably saw the popularity of the twitter buffs, and then asked the question- How can we capitalize on this?
That's pretty much the way companies work.
If it's anything like my company, after that was asked, someone pitched the idea for the fortune cards, then someone took a look at rewards vrs risk...
One of those risks was probably Gamers like cards. Gamers like RPGs... Gamers tend not to like cards mixed with RPGs (at least not collectible ones.)
That risk seems to have been overlooked for whatever reason.
