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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 5897687" data-attributes="member: 3586"><p>Saying "whatever it takes" is nice, but it's also unrealistic. (Does "whatever it takes" involve killing the rest of the design team?) The truth is if Monte had a big problem with someone or something at Wizards, then it was better that he left rather than staying around and possibly getting to the point where he actively tried to sabotage the project because he had become extremely unhappy.</p><p></p><p>This new edition needs people who are good designers and developers, certainly, but it also needs people who can work within the strictures of the environment. This is no different to any product at any other company. </p><p></p><p>Consider Pathfinder. That is, if anything, a compromise product. It starts with this design goal: "We need to make this as compatible as possible with 3.5e". Great if you think 3.5e is good; a lot more of a problem if you think it has fundamental flaws with the system. Would someone who thought 4E a much better system than 3.5e been a good designer on the Pathfinder project?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 5897687, member: 3586"] Saying "whatever it takes" is nice, but it's also unrealistic. (Does "whatever it takes" involve killing the rest of the design team?) The truth is if Monte had a big problem with someone or something at Wizards, then it was better that he left rather than staying around and possibly getting to the point where he actively tried to sabotage the project because he had become extremely unhappy. This new edition needs people who are good designers and developers, certainly, but it also needs people who can work within the strictures of the environment. This is no different to any product at any other company. Consider Pathfinder. That is, if anything, a compromise product. It starts with this design goal: "We need to make this as compatible as possible with 3.5e". Great if you think 3.5e is good; a lot more of a problem if you think it has fundamental flaws with the system. Would someone who thought 4E a much better system than 3.5e been a good designer on the Pathfinder project? [/QUOTE]
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