Gnashtooth
First Post
So after several years now with this new Realms, it's actually become far worse than it was in 4th.
#1 They blatantly throw away any kind of setting cohesion in favor of cramming more stuff in
#2 marketing and media are far more important than pleasing returning fans.
#3 the people they are selling this wishy-washy material to just don't care. FR locations are just buzzwords to these people. The people I'm referring to are probably not even reading threads like this. This is the casual, non-vocal crowd we never hear from.
So rule zero of 2015 realms is, "Pile on the stupid, because nobody's supposed to be watching. But if you /are/ watching, f--- you for paying attention."
I don't blame any of the designers for this, this is clearly the marketing department trying to shove the lowest common denominator down our throats (hence why Dragon+ is just more marketing spam rehashed.)
Side note: To the above posters, keep in mind that AD&D drove the business at TSR, not so for either WotC or Hasbro.
#1 They blatantly throw away any kind of setting cohesion in favor of cramming more stuff in
#2 marketing and media are far more important than pleasing returning fans.
#3 the people they are selling this wishy-washy material to just don't care. FR locations are just buzzwords to these people. The people I'm referring to are probably not even reading threads like this. This is the casual, non-vocal crowd we never hear from.
So rule zero of 2015 realms is, "Pile on the stupid, because nobody's supposed to be watching. But if you /are/ watching, f--- you for paying attention."
I don't blame any of the designers for this, this is clearly the marketing department trying to shove the lowest common denominator down our throats (hence why Dragon+ is just more marketing spam rehashed.)
Side note: To the above posters, keep in mind that AD&D drove the business at TSR, not so for either WotC or Hasbro.