WotC Jeremy Crawford Interview: Playtests from experimental to focused. By Christian Hoffer at GenCon.

[Vaalingrade]

What do you mean?

The 11th hour turn where a bunch of stuff is rushed into the new edition without consulting anyone. Just like last time.

 

[RoughCoronet0]

Also noted, interestingly, that there are changes coming we won’t see, specifically noted were to some spells.

This doesn’t surprise me, it’s not like they haven’t added things in books that didn’t get playtested before and I’m fine with that. Gives us some surprised to look forward to in my opinion.

 

[mamba]

The 11th hour turn where a bunch of stuff is rushed into the new edition without consulting anyone. Just like last time.

that was always a given imo, rushed or not, but not put up for a vote

 

[DEFCON 1]

The 11th hour turn where a bunch of stuff is rushed into the new edition without consulting anyone. Just like last time.

Not necessarily... it might just won't be that we the general public will be consulted on, but instead it will go through their Alpha testers and private groups instead (stuff like mathematical balancing and such.)

 

[darjr]

The 11th hour turn where a bunch of stuff is rushed into the new edition without consulting anyone. Just like last time.

Hoping it isn’t like 4e monster HP!

 

[darjr]

Not necessarily... it might just won't be that we the general public will be consulted on, but instead it will go through their Alpha testers and private groups instead (stuff like mathematical balancing and such.)

I expect this is what was meant. And hope that as little of anything rushed is needed.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Hoping it isn’t like 4e monster HP!

It's going to be like Superiority die getting Thanos snapped.

 

[Maxperson]

they knew they wanted compatibility, they offered the change, and Crawford insists that if it had been received more positively, we would have gotten that change

“”There was a hundred percent chance that if any of those options were enthusiastically embraced by the community, they would end up in the new version of the rules," Crawford said.”

So what else am I to make of this….

That you should blame Crawford. He made the decision to ignore their own standards, not the people who complained about something that they didn't like. They were not obligated to shut up and not say anything. The fault lies with him.

 

[mamba]

That you should blame Crawford. He made the decision to ignore their own standards, not the people who complained about something that they didn't like. They were not obligated to shut up and not say anything. The fault lies with him.

Absolutely, I have been blaming WotC all along, not the people expressing their opinions

 

[Maxperson]

Absolutely, I have been blaming WotC all along, not the people expressing their opinions

This was my confusion from the Class Spell Lists and Pact Magic thread.

"So even 70% does not get us there. I hate this playtest. What is even the point. They set it up to fail, and fail it did.

This absolutely is a minority sabotaging the majority."

That seems to blame the people expressing their opinions.