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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6027499" data-attributes="member: 87792">Agreed.&nbsp; They started <a href="http://forum.rpg.net/archive/index.php/t-633648.html" target="_blank">creating Orcus in October 2005</a> - and pulled it in April 2006 because it was horrible.&nbsp; Condition tracks for everything. Everyone gets different recharge mechanisms - with no powers that are genuinely limited use.&nbsp; Very fiddly and requiring lookup tables (or rather specialised condition tracks) all over the place.My only fond memories from the days of the multi-track system were&nbsp; moments of dialogue I recorded in our quotes file. Someone said, &quot;What's&nbsp; the opposite of the petrification track?&quot;

&quot;The liquification track. Aboleths: be very worried when they bring out the straw.&quot;

&quot;No, we don't have a liquification track because it's part of the swallow-whole track.&quot;
&nbsp;&nbsp; But getting back on topic they more or less rushed the PHB over the six month period October 06 to April 07.&nbsp; The PHB was published in June 2008 - after they threw the whole thing out in April 06.&nbsp; That's not even two years.&nbsp; And the full on playtesting started in June 2007.&nbsp; Not enough time - I'd say it needed at least another year.Yup.&nbsp; You don't change it enough and people stick to the old books and you get no more sales.&nbsp; You change it too much and people don't want to migrate across because it's a different game.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 6027499, member: 87792"] Agreed. They started [URL="http://forum.rpg.net/archive/index.php/t-633648.html"]creating Orcus in October 2005[/URL] - and pulled it in April 2006 because it was [I]horrible[/I]. Condition tracks for everything. Everyone gets different recharge mechanisms - with no powers that are genuinely limited use. Very fiddly and requiring lookup tables (or rather specialised condition tracks) all over the place. [INDENT]My only fond memories from the days of the multi-track system were moments of dialogue I recorded in our quotes file. Someone said, "What's the opposite of the petrification track?" "The liquification track. Aboleths: be very worried when they bring out the straw." "No, we don't have a liquification track because it's part of the swallow-whole track." [/INDENT] But getting back on topic they more or less rushed the PHB over the six month period October 06 to April 07. The PHB was published in June 2008 - after they threw the whole thing out in April 06. That's not even two years. And the full on playtesting started in June 2007. Not enough time - I'd say it needed at least another year. Yup. You don't change it enough and people stick to the old books and you get no more sales. You change it too much and people don't want to migrate across because it's a different game. [/QUOTE]

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