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<blockquote data-quote="Arashi Ravenblade" data-source="post: 2091265" data-attributes="member: 15630"><p>Im not renewing my Subscription to Dragon.</p><p>The quality of the Magazne has gone down so much since i started it getting it back in 2001.</p><p>I thought wow! D&D to my mail box every month. This is so cool. Then Paizo took over. It was very different at first. but as i look over my collection i noticed quality going down the tube.</p><p>Then the revamp in 2004. I thought ok something new great. I wanted to like the new dragon, i would talk myself into liking it, then they kept coming and every month they got worse.</p><p>I could detail all my problems with it but Because im a weird person i actually made up a list that detailed the problems with each section since the revamp. i wont post it here cause it comes to about 3 and half pages on college ruled paper using both sides.</p><p>But my biggest complaint i had was that there wasnt enough D&D. Take for example Novel Approach. there are hundreds of Forgotten realms, dragonlance and other D&D novles out there to inspire spells, feats ,classes, ideas, npcs, plots stuff to fill novel approach for years. Instead you give us American Gods, dune, and Frankenstein, while good books there not D&D.</p><p>There are dozens of old books WOTC will never re-do from older versions of the game. I loved the Issue with all of the classic Campaign settings. Why not convert some rules or update older products WOTC will never touch again. Id like to see new info on the harpers...but wait no more Forgotten Realms in dragon.</p><p>GreyHawk, Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Dragonlance are the Campaingns most people play, while i cant prove it id say that if alot of people didnt buy the stuff WOTC and Sovereign press would not make it anymore, so why not support those products.</p><p>The RPGA doesnt belong in Dragon. Neither does Miniatures, Im sure they sell well but not everyone uses them and just like Epic and Psionics (which theres no support for in dragon magazine but maybe every so many months) keep them out unless your going to devote time to epic and psionic articles too.</p><p>While im certainly not a majority in the way i feel about Dragon, i have a good number of game shops i go to and 3 of them are not going to get them anymore because they dont sell very well, though dungeon seems to be a different story.</p><p>However on a positive note Marchs issue was great the best of the new Dragons, though still doesnt feel like D&D. I think less earthcentric myth and history would do the magazine good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arashi Ravenblade, post: 2091265, member: 15630"] Im not renewing my Subscription to Dragon. The quality of the Magazne has gone down so much since i started it getting it back in 2001. I thought wow! D&D to my mail box every month. This is so cool. Then Paizo took over. It was very different at first. but as i look over my collection i noticed quality going down the tube. Then the revamp in 2004. I thought ok something new great. I wanted to like the new dragon, i would talk myself into liking it, then they kept coming and every month they got worse. I could detail all my problems with it but Because im a weird person i actually made up a list that detailed the problems with each section since the revamp. i wont post it here cause it comes to about 3 and half pages on college ruled paper using both sides. But my biggest complaint i had was that there wasnt enough D&D. Take for example Novel Approach. there are hundreds of Forgotten realms, dragonlance and other D&D novles out there to inspire spells, feats ,classes, ideas, npcs, plots stuff to fill novel approach for years. Instead you give us American Gods, dune, and Frankenstein, while good books there not D&D. There are dozens of old books WOTC will never re-do from older versions of the game. I loved the Issue with all of the classic Campaign settings. Why not convert some rules or update older products WOTC will never touch again. Id like to see new info on the harpers...but wait no more Forgotten Realms in dragon. GreyHawk, Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Dragonlance are the Campaingns most people play, while i cant prove it id say that if alot of people didnt buy the stuff WOTC and Sovereign press would not make it anymore, so why not support those products. The RPGA doesnt belong in Dragon. Neither does Miniatures, Im sure they sell well but not everyone uses them and just like Epic and Psionics (which theres no support for in dragon magazine but maybe every so many months) keep them out unless your going to devote time to epic and psionic articles too. While im certainly not a majority in the way i feel about Dragon, i have a good number of game shops i go to and 3 of them are not going to get them anymore because they dont sell very well, though dungeon seems to be a different story. However on a positive note Marchs issue was great the best of the new Dragons, though still doesnt feel like D&D. I think less earthcentric myth and history would do the magazine good. [/QUOTE]
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