Mearls on Balance in D&D

[GeorgeFields]

Why do so many people hang on Mike Mearls?

I've heard Iron Heroes is great (haven't read it yet), but nothing I've read of his seems spectacular at all.

 

[kilamanjaro]

Where's the Fiend Binder from?

 

[Mark CMG]

Two Words = Bard-ifact!

 

[Korgoth]

Why do so many people hang on Mike Mearls?

I've heard Iron Heroes is great (haven't read it yet), but nothing I've read of his seems spectacular at all.

I have no idea. He wrote a terribly insulting review of Keep on the Borderlands that pretty much insinuated that you would be an idiot for liking it. So he thinks he knows more about D&D than Gary Gygax, in other words.

I don't know the guy personally, but he came off very arrogant in that review.

 

[hong]

I have no idea. He wrote a terribly insulting review of Keep on the Borderlands that pretty much insinuated that you would be an idiot for liking it. So he thinks he knows more about D&D than Gary Gygax, in other words.

So?

 

[megamania]

Mike wrote a bunch of well recieved stuff during 3.0 . He kinda became an authority of 3.0 to many people.

Much what he has to say has a point but everyone has a different game and players.

 

[Greg K]

Why do so many people hang on Mike Mearls?

I've heard Iron Heroes is great (haven't read it yet), but nothing I've read of his seems spectacular at all.

I have no idea. He wrote some good 3.0 products for AEG, Mongoose, and Fantasy Flight Games. I even liked bits of the Book of Iron Might. However, Iron Heroes and the subsequent work that I know he has been responsible for at WOTC have not impressed me in the least.

Now, with regard to recent comments he made regarding embedded system mastery being bad, I agree. I just need to know see what he and the design team intend to do about the problem.

 

[Korgoth]

So?

I think that review displayed a lack of knowledge concerning the purpose of a review, a lack of knowledge of the assumptions and objectives of the D&D game, a lack of tact and a lack of respect for the reader and author. That's a lot of lacks.

Like I said, I don't know him in person. Maybe he was having a bad day.

 

[Thurbane]

I have no idea. He wrote a terribly insulting review of Keep on the Borderlands that pretty much insinuated that you would be an idiot for liking it. So he thinks he knows more about D&D than Gary Gygax, in other words.

I don't know the guy personally, but he came off very arrogant in that review.

Without being disparaging, from what I've read of his monster redesigns on the WotC site, I honestly hope he has as little to do with the design of 4E as is possible...

 

[hong]

I think that review displayed a lack of knowledge concerning the purpose of a review,

Nah.

a lack of knowledge of the assumptions and objectives of the D&D game,

Nah.

a lack of tact

Yes. So?

and a lack of respect for the reader

Nah.

and author.

So?