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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deadDMwalking" data-source="post: 3509489" data-attributes="member: 51708">Most of it can be found at <a href="http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizo/customerService/transition/frequentlyAskedQuestions" target="_blank">http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizo/customerService/transition/frequentlyAskedQuestions</a>As for the second point, I'm not sure that I can cite it.  I know it is something that Erik Mona has said, and I believe he has said it repeatedly.  I believe I've read it in the letters pages of one or both magazines, as well as on the Paizo boards.  Can any one help me on this one?As for the third one, there is a great online article that provides similar information to what I'm basing it from.  <a href="http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=estimating%20software%20development%20time" target="_blank">http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=estimating%20software%20development%20time</a>.  Software, especially complex software is very difficult to produce.  If WotC is producing a character generator, and they have not already started, they likely can't finish before September.  If they have already started, they won't be able to make a lot of changes to suit people's taste.  If you don't want to accept that statement as fact, I'm okay with that.  It is a logical construct, but so is global warming.  A lot of people don't believe that is true either.  A debate on how we 'know' something is a little more complex than I really want to get into.I think that dividing things either emotionally or rationally creates a false dichotomy.  However, if I were not 'upset' than I wouldn't care.  If I didn't care, than I wouldn't be posting here.  So, anyone who is upset, regardless of the reason, can't be considered unreasonable because they are upset.  They must be judged on their reasonableness of character by some other measure.  Perhaps by their willingness to accept a compromise solution?  Because one hasn't been proposed, that might not work.  Perhaps by being engaged in meaningful dialogue by those who have made this decision.  While I'm willing, I'm afraid that the efforts by WotC have been extremely limited.  Most of what they've said amounts to 'We can't speak to anybody individually, we'll answer what we can, but we'll ignore, at least for now, most of the questions or concerns, probably because of NDA restrictions'.  Personally, I don't believe that they're being entirely honest.  If they are, I think they could be doing a better job.This is exactly what I intend to do.  However, I want to make certain that WotC understands that I am leaving, understand why I am leaving, and understand what they can do to win me back as a customer.  They don't have to.  The ball is in their court.  However, from my perspective, biased as it may be, letting a customer leave is not a good idea.  While I think it makes business sense to keep customers that have been loyal in the past.  WotC might think players of the game will 'follow blindly wherever they're leading'.  I want to make sure that while there may be people who will, I am not one of them.  Ideally, they'll come around to my point of view, and I'll keep getting my magazines.  Or not, and I'll purchase from 3rd party publishers exclusively.</blockquote>

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