D&D 5E (2024) Is 5E better because of Crawford and Perkins leaving?

[Reynard]

Or maybe it's because those are small fry in the world of TTRPGs compared to 5e, and elements of "fandom" culture make it cool to junk on something when it reaches popularity with the "wrong" people.

It isn't that. it is that people think, for soem reason, that they are supposed to like D&D because it is D&D, and when they don't, they don't know who to process that. When you are talking about good games that are lesser known or played, no one feels compelled to liek them. if you don't, you don't, and you just move on. but twith D&D, we feel like we have to explain why we do or don't like it, and then defend that against those with differeing opinions.

TTRPGs, as a industry and hobby, would be better off without D&D for this reason alone.

 

[Chaltab]

This claim is often repeated, but I do not believe it and have seen no evidence it is true.

What the hell are you talking about tho? Some of the most miserable game experiences of my life have come from broken d20 builds making combat basically a one-man show. Like you don't need to experience it to understand how soul draining it is to play a game of Gary Stu and his retainers... surely someone who regularly plays TTRPGs has enough imagination to understand why that would suck.

 

[Seramus]

Like how Snarf despises bards with every fiber of their whole being.

The secret is that Snarf IS a bard!