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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5486817" data-attributes="member: 18280">This is intended to be constructive, rather than divisive.A lot of the unfortunate commentary directed toward WotC is based upon the perceived dichotomy between what is said and what is done.  I, for one, would respect them more if they were more frank.  "I'm sorry, but projections show that keeping the older pdfs available reduces sales of our current edition, so we're shutting those down."  I can understand that.  I can respect that.  It doesn't insult my intelligence.There are times when you can't have it both ways.  Instead of sending mixed messages (which hurts you more than you might think), figure out which way is the best, and go that way.  Openly.  Heck, proudly even.  There's nothing wrong with that.Because, while I might not like 4e, you might want to sell me 5e or 6e some day.  And I want to be able to trust you.-----Speaking of potential future editions, WotC, you might want to consider tapping the Jester in particular for future work on Skill Challenges.  After all, a person who can make me see their potential is doing far better than has been done in your DMG.  In fact, right now, you might want to consider tapping some of the finer 4e DMs on EN World (and elsewhere) right now to produce adventures for you.  You have produced some really nice background material for 4e (fluff, as some call it), but don't seem willing or able to use it to its best advantage.  But there are folks here who can and do, and you need some of that.And, like a broken record, I'll posit again that it's the organizational format you insist on using that makes not only your adventures all resemble each other, but the encounters within the adventures as well. v You don't seem to want to ditch the delve (as I suggest you do), but you could at least open it up some more, make it a little more flexible.------For new editions and for current edition adventures, I would recommend getting together to play through some of the classic modules using the editions they were written for.Ignore for a moment what you don't like about them, and concentrate on the good stuff.  What did you enjoy?  What made these modules classics?  What made these systems work?  How can you put some of that back into your current/new line?Now look at what you don't like about them.  How can you fix those problems without dumping the stuff you enjoyed?See, this last bolded bit is where I think your problem lies.  That's the challenge.  And, at the end of the day, that's where you're either going to have a hit or a miss.IMHO, anyway.RC</blockquote>

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