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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jdvn1" data-source="post: 3490321" data-attributes="member: 26424">One of us has misinterpreted the point of the thread, I think. I'm not referring to posting 'in the middle of a major controversy' but posting in EN World in general.I'm not looking for a relationship from someone who speaks for the mind of WotC, but for posts from people who have a lot of hands-on experience with the nuts and bolts of the system. As a matter of fact, I'd rather they avoid speaking the mind of WotC!Do you think they all play the rules as written? I'd be interested to hear what houserules some of them use. I don't think they should convince everyone their rules system is the best possible system, because they probably don't believe that themselves. Different games have different requirements, and I'm sure they'd be in agreement with a lot of EN Worlders who say that if you're not having fun because of how something works, you should make it so it you are having fun. It'd be neat if they helped people with their houserules, though, just like many EN Worlders give comments on houserules.Admitting mistakes: Haven't they done that already? At the very least, I mentioned poorly worded rules. Haven't they admitted that some rules are poorly written by virtue of their having Errata or a FAQ, or any of their other clarification sources? And, of course there alternate rule that can be used that they're happy with--isn't Unearthed Arcana proof of this? I'm sure they agree system has issues--isn't this obvious with some of their online content--Dead Levels and so on?Fact is, WotC dudes--just like the rest of us--come up with other ways to do things. WotC dudes, though, publish them as books. They don't have to name a person who made a mistake, and I don't want them to. I'm sure a lot of the individual rules had a bunch of people go over them and give comments on them anyway. Naming someone who made a mistake would be inherently flawed. Regardless, as professionals in the industry, they seek improvement. Does the release of a 3rd edition imply that the 2nd edition was a mistake? Not necessarily, but no system is perfect and they tried to improve upon it. Did the release of 3.5 imply that the 3rd edition was a mistake? It had its flaws, I'm sure, but I'm sure they'd regard 3.5 as an improvement. Can the system be further improved? If they said no, not only would they be wrong, but they'd be foolish to come out with a 4th edition.No one wants a scapegoat, but we do all want the best game possible.Anyway, don't we have a lot of non-rules threads here too? If they kept out of rules threads, would that be kosher? I'm not sure where you got this idea that they're a hivemind. I don't think they all agree all the time, and I'm sure each WotC employee could come up with a different fix for a possible issue. I do think they'd all agree that the game isn't perfect. I don't want to hear, nor do I expect to hear, about disagreements in the team. That's their own private laundry. Going to a public forum and talking about that is just as bad as going to any public place and talking about that. Very unprofessional.</blockquote>

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