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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 8923824" data-attributes="member: 6915329">Wow, yeah, there is. We trust, or distrust, companies based on their past performance all the time. That's why we read reviews, both professional and customer, to find out how reliable--trustworthy--they are. To give an example: if you ordered from a restaurant and more often than not they screwed your order up or forgot it entirely or gave you ingredients you told them you were allergic to... how much would actually want to eat there? How much would you trust that they'd get your order right this time? If you needed to service your car, but the repair place has dozens of reviews saying how they overcharge customers or charge them to &quot;fix&quot; things that aren't actually broken, would you trust them to do a worthwhile job?Can I trust WotC to produce quality material? No. Spelljammer shows that they are willing to skimp a lot on lore and mechanics (which lets them save money on writing and playtesting) and make the book look more substantial than it really is by using paper with a heavier weight than typical (which lets them jack up the prices because it's nicely presented). That makes me not trust their ability to produce well-written books in the future. Which, when combined with their recent actions, means I'm spending my money elsewhere.And that means that WotC is going to have to (A) show that they're not going to try to do something shady with the OGL, including making One incompatible enough that a Creative Commons license for 5e becomes worthless (because it's supposed to be backwards-compatible, or so they have claimed), and (B) have their next several books be very well-done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 8923824, member: 6915329"] Wow, yeah, there is. We trust, or distrust, companies based on their past performance [I]all the time[/I]. That's why we read reviews, both professional and customer, to find out how reliable--trustworthy--they are. To give an example: if you ordered from a restaurant and more often than not they screwed your order up or forgot it entirely or gave you ingredients you told them you were allergic to... how much would actually want to eat there? How much would you [I]trust [/I]that they'd get your order right this time? If you needed to service your car, but the repair place has dozens of reviews saying how they overcharge customers or charge them to "fix" things that aren't actually broken, would you [I]trust [/I]them to do a worthwhile job? Can I trust WotC to produce quality material? No. Spelljammer shows that they are willing to skimp a lot on lore and mechanics (which lets them save money on writing and playtesting) and make the book look more substantial than it really is by using paper with a heavier weight than typical (which lets them jack up the prices because it's nicely presented). That makes me not trust their ability to produce well-written books in the future. Which, when combined with their recent actions, means I'm spending my money [I]elsewhere[/I]. And that means that WotC is going to have to (A) show that they're not going to try to do something shady with the OGL, [I]including[/I] making One incompatible enough that a Creative Commons license for 5e becomes worthless (because it's [I]supposed [/I]to be backwards-compatible, or so they have claimed), and (B) have their next [I]several [/I]books be [I]very [/I]well-done. [/QUOTE]

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