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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Intense_Interest" data-source="post: 4249667" data-attributes="member: 65904">For one, my post was about Damage Control in the specific case of Golden Wvyren Adept and Tier-Specific ring rules.  Not the "all of the changes" that you are assuming I spoke of.  Flawed Micro-criticism is a weak response."Floating it by to see what our reaction would be" is Damage Control for a company that is in full control of the design cycle as the 4E Development was.  The design meetings that would debate problems like what the heck a gnome is and playtest groups that would respond honestly and intelligently  would not leave such a charged subject like "assumed setting names" and "arbitrary level limits" alone.  And yet passing references to easily-changed and oblique alterations to the base product, directed towards a group that would not only react strongly against it but publicly and in full view of fellow consumers is a documented tactic of Damage Control.  Also, saying that you are "pretty sure every single person who is posting on this board has serious investment in 4e D&D regardless of anything WotC would do." is a wrong opinion.  Not only are we merely generic Roleplayers that could easily purchase any products that are on the market that can occupy 4E's mindspace, but the the Greatest Possible Foul-up of marketing 4E would be that the consumers would have zero informed opinion about it.  Damage Control generates discussion and investment into your product that does not hurt actual sales.Again, I'm not saying that our fact of Damage Control is an intentional result of any marketing plan, overarching or simple, especially because the assumption of such would lead down the Solopism rabbit hole: "I accuse you all of being tools to sell a product to me!"  Yet crowing about how our contribution to the product objectively proves our worth smacks of ignorance.</blockquote>

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