With the introduction of the Bladesinger class I'm left shaking my head at the thought-processes going on inside WotC. Did we really need this new class? It can be replicated pretty closely within the current system so it's not like it was filling any sort-of desperately needed niche. And even if it was, did we really need it any way?
WotC has how many people left working on 4e that were there at its advent? Mearls is the only one I can think of, off the top of my head. They've thinned down their creative departments so much that I'm left wondering just who is doing any work on anything at the company.
So when they introduce a whole new class, I'm a bit deflated because it means work has gone into that, that could've been put into the billion and one other things I'd rather see happen, like fixing the assassin, or updating all the monster statblocks to MM3 format, or fixing any number of balance issues, or working on the functionality of the Monster Builder.
Instead we get a new class which brings with it entirely new balance issues that will have to be addressed, not to mention all the support material it will require.
So, my question to you is, "Would you rather see new content, or would you rather they fixed all the current content?"
WotC has how many people left working on 4e that were there at its advent? Mearls is the only one I can think of, off the top of my head. They've thinned down their creative departments so much that I'm left wondering just who is doing any work on anything at the company.
So when they introduce a whole new class, I'm a bit deflated because it means work has gone into that, that could've been put into the billion and one other things I'd rather see happen, like fixing the assassin, or updating all the monster statblocks to MM3 format, or fixing any number of balance issues, or working on the functionality of the Monster Builder.
Instead we get a new class which brings with it entirely new balance issues that will have to be addressed, not to mention all the support material it will require.
So, my question to you is, "Would you rather see new content, or would you rather they fixed all the current content?"