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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cthulhudrew" data-source="post: 3255762" data-attributes="member: 4090">I don't know that I would agree. For one thing, any information they may have gotten from, say, forums and the like (such as ENWorld) isn't in an easily palatable form like you would get from surveys. It's all bits and pieces scattered around all over, and not easily catalogued. For another, the information is all over the place. You get everything from reasoned discussion about rules, to rants about rules, products, etc. There really isn't anything that would be quantifiable, measurable, or give you any pinpointable reference to relevance. Are person X's comments about iterative attacks more relevant than person Y's off-the-cuff remark about coup de grace attacks?Considering the work that went into 3.0, and before that, 2E, not to mention just good market and demographic research in general, I would find it very hard to believe that it isn't like the rep implies, that there won't be a 4.0 before this sort of information is gathered in a formal manner. Given the size and nature of the big corporate giant Hasbro, I would think it even more likely to take place than it would have under TSR. The sheer amount of market research that they put into toys and things throughout all phases of production is probably even more than my mind builds it up to be. Anything less than thorough and structured demographic research at a corporation their size would be unheard of, IMO.</blockquote>

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