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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 4938111" data-attributes="member: 22424">True. Another necessary plank in a strategy against the MMO would need to be to improve the quality of DMs.Also true. When playing CRPGs I adopt a very different play-style than at the tabletop. At the tabletop, I play to play. For the CRPG, I play to win. So, I don't bother with characterisation, background, or anything of the sort, I minmax the hell out of my character, and I get on with the game with as much efficiency as possible.(I don't play MMOs. If I did, the same would apply.)The relative lack of flexibility and the change in play-style together are enough for me to dread the day when the tabletop RPG is an extinct form.Sadly, this is also true. I don't believe D&amp;D can win against WoW, any more than Pathfinder can win against D&amp;D. It can survive, or even thrive on its own terms, but it's never going to topple the behemoth. In fact, with MMOs getting better all the time, and especially with it becoming ever harder to schedule a group of people to get together for a tabletop RPG, I'm very doubtful than D&amp;D will even survive, at least in its tabletop form.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 4938111, member: 22424"] True. Another necessary plank in a strategy against the MMO would need to be to improve the quality of DMs. Also true. When playing CRPGs I adopt a very different play-style than at the tabletop. At the tabletop, I play to play. For the CRPG, I play to [i]win[/i]. So, I don't bother with characterisation, background, or anything of the sort, I minmax the hell out of my character, and I get on with the game with as much efficiency as possible. (I don't play MMOs. If I did, the same would apply.) The relative lack of flexibility and the change in play-style together are enough for me to dread the day when the tabletop RPG is an extinct form. Sadly, this is also true. I don't believe D&D can win against WoW, any more than Pathfinder can win against D&D. It can survive, or even thrive on its own terms, but it's never going to topple the behemoth. In fact, with MMOs getting better all the time, and especially with it becoming ever harder to schedule a group of people to get together for a tabletop RPG, I'm very doubtful than D&D will even survive, at least in its tabletop form. [/QUOTE]

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