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<blockquote data-quote="Lockridge" data-source="post: 3474049" data-attributes="member: 43850">I'm joining a bit late but wanted to say thanks to Najo for a great post.I agree with you however I have to admit that for my own selfish purposes I'm looking forward to D&amp;D getting crushed by WOW.I'm a mature gamer who would've loved the intro you described above with the evil empire to the east but there are too many gamers out there who don't care about story.When I started D&amp;D as an young teen we didn't just kill monsters and take their stuff.&nbsp; We followed a story that affected our characters personally.&nbsp; Too many D&amp;D'ers only want to do the hack and slash.So the reason I wouldn't mind WOW taking over is because it will take away the players who just want to kill things and level up.&nbsp; This will leave dedicated players who enjoy imagination and personal interaction.&nbsp; It may in fact attract many of these players who have since left the game after becoming bored with killing another orc.Although I still play d20, I rarely buy from WOTC but instead buy from independants (check out Necromancer and Malhavoc to name two).&nbsp; I've also tried other systems like Savage Worlds which focus away from turning an RPG into an R(oll)PG.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lockridge, post: 3474049, member: 43850"] I'm joining a bit late but wanted to say thanks to Najo for a great post. I agree with you however I have to admit that for my own selfish purposes I'm looking forward to D&D getting crushed by WOW. I'm a mature gamer who would've loved the intro you described above with the evil empire to the east but there are too many gamers out there who don't care about story. When I started D&D as an young teen we didn't just kill monsters and take their stuff. We followed a story that affected our characters personally. Too many D&D'ers only want to do the hack and slash. So the reason I wouldn't mind WOW taking over is because it will take away the players who just want to kill things and level up. This will leave dedicated players who enjoy imagination and personal interaction. It may in fact attract many of these players who have since left the game after becoming bored with killing another orc. Although I still play d20, I rarely buy from WOTC but instead buy from independants (check out Necromancer and Malhavoc to name two). I've also tried other systems like Savage Worlds which focus away from turning an RPG into an R(oll)PG. [/QUOTE]

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