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<blockquote data-quote="Windjammer" data-source="post: 5807601" data-attributes="member: 60075"><p>No, it doesn't restore my faith, because it looks haphazard and disorganized.</p><p></p><p>In short, it's the same we've seen from WotC for a while now, and last month's events haven't broken the trend.</p><p></p><p>Here's a nice quote from Ryan Dancey which summed up the "WotC in late 2010" mood for quite some people:</p><p></p><p>Here's a little exercise I did earlier this week. </p><p></p><p>Suppose you've never heard of D&D but want to find out what it is. </p><p></p><p>Your third google hit sounds promising: "Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page".</p><p></p><p>You click it. It's a pain to navigate, and you finally (!) find an entry buried in the mid right which sounds promising. It reads "Quick Links... New to D&D".</p><p></p><p>Yeah, that sounds right, let's click it.</p><p></p><p>Hooray!</p><p></p><p>"Unexpected ErrorWizards of the Coast</p><p>There was an unexpected error on the Dungeons and Dragons website. If you know what might have caused this error, please: </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://wizards.custhelp.com/" target="_blank">Visit our customer service webpage to report the problem."</a></li> </ul><p></p><p>Yes, great! I'll do just that. All the while (everytime I click on anything) I'm getting bombarded with an invitation to "write gaming history". I have no idea why or how. </p><p></p><p>Or suppose I try to visit the wizards forum. Just this week, they were down most of the time for "maintenance". So no luck there either.</p><p></p><p>Now if D&D was something you were vaguely interested in, you'd by now have given up on this "Wizards of the Coast" company.</p><p></p><p>And that's just a small window into a larger problem.</p><p></p><p>WotC is inefficient, they are understaffed, and they have encouraged vastly disproportionate expectations.</p><p></p><p>What makes it worse is that they continue that strategy Ryan discusses above - they are just a terribly confusing in whatever they do.</p><p></p><p>Mid January. Press news pop up right and left to announce that there's a new edition of D&D.</p><p></p><p>Three days later (!) WotC scrambles together two brief columns to explain that, yes, that's indeed the case.</p><p></p><p>Then a lot of more tidbits follow about an OPEN PLAYTEST which will be WONDERFUL!</p><p></p><p>Then, nearly two weeks later, a con goes up where three dozen people get to actually play this thing. But they can't tell anyone. Because as WotC has just announced, it's an open playtest for everyone!</p><p></p><p>Sorry, but this cements that once again, WotC botched a nice roll-out of a new edition. The press release was premature, their own announcements don't synch up with what they actually have, everything is pretty hazy, and a lot is inconsistent. To make it worse, people who've been exposed to the material are under an NDA, so they can't clarify the situation either.</p><p></p><p>That, combined with the webpage mess documented above, does not restore or diminish my faith in WotC. It cements my opinion that they carry on exactly as they have for a couple of years now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Windjammer, post: 5807601, member: 60075"] No, it doesn't restore my faith, because it looks haphazard and disorganized. In short, it's the same we've seen from WotC for a while now, and last month's events haven't broken the trend. Here's a nice quote from Ryan Dancey which summed up the "WotC in late 2010" mood for quite some people: Here's a little exercise I did earlier this week. Suppose you've never heard of D&D but want to find out what it is. Your third google hit sounds promising: "Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page". You click it. It's a pain to navigate, and you finally (!) find an entry buried in the mid right which sounds promising. It reads "Quick Links... New to D&D". Yeah, that sounds right, let's click it. Hooray! "Unexpected ErrorWizards of the Coast There was an unexpected error on the Dungeons and Dragons website. If you know what might have caused this error, please: [LIST] [*][URL="http://wizards.custhelp.com/"]Visit our customer service webpage to report the problem."[/URL] [/LIST] Yes, great! I'll do just that. All the while (everytime I click on anything) I'm getting bombarded with an invitation to "write gaming history". I have no idea why or how. Or suppose I try to visit the wizards forum. Just this week, they were down most of the time for "maintenance". So no luck there either. Now if D&D was something you were vaguely interested in, you'd by now have given up on this "Wizards of the Coast" company. And that's just a small window into a larger problem. WotC is inefficient, they are understaffed, and they have encouraged vastly disproportionate expectations. What makes it worse is that they continue that strategy Ryan discusses above - they are just a terribly confusing in whatever they do. Mid January. Press news pop up right and left to announce that there's a new edition of D&D. Three days later (!) WotC scrambles together two brief columns to explain that, yes, that's indeed the case. Then a lot of more tidbits follow about an OPEN PLAYTEST which will be WONDERFUL! Then, nearly two weeks later, a con goes up where three dozen people get to actually play this thing. But they can't tell anyone. Because as WotC has just announced, it's an open playtest for everyone! Sorry, but this cements that once again, WotC botched a nice roll-out of a new edition. The press release was premature, their own announcements don't synch up with what they actually have, everything is pretty hazy, and a lot is inconsistent. To make it worse, people who've been exposed to the material are under an NDA, so they can't clarify the situation either. That, combined with the webpage mess documented above, does not restore or diminish my faith in WotC. It cements my opinion that they carry on exactly as they have for a couple of years now. [/QUOTE]
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