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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 9414539" data-attributes="member: 6901101"><p>Just because a person has a choice, does not mean they're really given a choice.</p><p></p><p>The 1st level party can get to the golden crown by fighting this low level goblin <em>OR</em> they can get to the crown by fighting an ancient red dragon?</p><p>The DM shrugs - "They had a choice? Just because they chose the goblin doesn't mean there was no choice."</p><p></p><p>Again, look at my reasons:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Stronger characters</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">New niche subclasses and shinier standard subclasses</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Internet directs them to the new material</li> </ul><p>When a company says that their product is backwards compatible and that no one will miss a beat mixing old characters with new, then there is an expectation set. When dozens (none of which were me) call them on this because they know it's just like Tasha's - players will always want what is better and stronger - then the company should say that.</p><p></p><p>But they didn't. Then they did a great pitch which I really, really like. I am excited for the new books. I will definitely want to use them. But despite that, it doesn't mean that the company was misleading about what they said. </p><p></p><p>Again, there is a nuance in what I am saying, and in what they said. They used the perfect terms to keep people excited, but not raise too many hairs. But it wasn't necessarily the truth. The truth would be their sales pitch, which basically says: "You guys, we made these classes shinier and more interesting. There's no way you are going to want to go back to the old Champion when the new Champion is a million times better."</p><p></p><p>That is what some people on here are arguing for. A bit of honesty. (Which doesn't work when you are a billion-dollar company trying to earn as much profits as possible.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott Christian, post: 9414539, member: 6901101"] Just because a person has a choice, does not mean they're really given a choice. The 1st level party can get to the golden crown by fighting this low level goblin [I]OR[/I] they can get to the crown by fighting an ancient red dragon? The DM shrugs - "They had a choice? Just because they chose the goblin doesn't mean there was no choice." Again, look at my reasons: [LIST] [*]Stronger characters [*]New niche subclasses and shinier standard subclasses [*]Internet directs them to the new material [/LIST] When a company says that their product is backwards compatible and that no one will miss a beat mixing old characters with new, then there is an expectation set. When dozens (none of which were me) call them on this because they know it's just like Tasha's - players will always want what is better and stronger - then the company should say that. But they didn't. Then they did a great pitch which I really, really like. I am excited for the new books. I will definitely want to use them. But despite that, it doesn't mean that the company was misleading about what they said. Again, there is a nuance in what I am saying, and in what they said. They used the perfect terms to keep people excited, but not raise too many hairs. But it wasn't necessarily the truth. The truth would be their sales pitch, which basically says: "You guys, we made these classes shinier and more interesting. There's no way you are going to want to go back to the old Champion when the new Champion is a million times better." That is what some people on here are arguing for. A bit of honesty. (Which doesn't work when you are a billion-dollar company trying to earn as much profits as possible.) [/QUOTE]
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