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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6038954" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>And you know this... how?</p><p></p><p>If they <em>really</em> had no idea of the game they wanted to write or trying every possible idea... then we'd see playtest packets that had NO hit points, removed or changed ability scores, made spells work completely differently than they've ever worked before, have attack and damage rolls use all manner of die types, dice pools, etc. etc. etc. Basically... be in a form completely different from any version of D&D we've ever seen. But because they already have a very firm handle on the stuff they are KEEPING in the tradition of the various editions of D&D... they're free to now play around with other ideas. </p><p></p><p>How else do you think any of the OTHER editions of the game came up with new stuff? Do you think the switch from THAC0 to upwards AC in 3.0 just happened automatically with no issues whatsoever? Uh... no. Even something like that... something that WE NOW look back at and say "well duh! Of course it should work like that!"... had to get <em>tested</em> first.</p><p></p><p>Why not just be honest here? It's not that WotC doesn't know what they want... it's just that <em>you don't like what they are currently doing</em>. Stop treating WotC like they're idiots who can't design games and just admit that truth be told, you just want to see completely finished product and don't really like to see the process of how games get made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6038954, member: 7006"] And you know this... how? If they [I]really[/I] had no idea of the game they wanted to write or trying every possible idea... then we'd see playtest packets that had NO hit points, removed or changed ability scores, made spells work completely differently than they've ever worked before, have attack and damage rolls use all manner of die types, dice pools, etc. etc. etc. Basically... be in a form completely different from any version of D&D we've ever seen. But because they already have a very firm handle on the stuff they are KEEPING in the tradition of the various editions of D&D... they're free to now play around with other ideas. How else do you think any of the OTHER editions of the game came up with new stuff? Do you think the switch from THAC0 to upwards AC in 3.0 just happened automatically with no issues whatsoever? Uh... no. Even something like that... something that WE NOW look back at and say "well duh! Of course it should work like that!"... had to get [I]tested[/I] first. Why not just be honest here? It's not that WotC doesn't know what they want... it's just that [I]you don't like what they are currently doing[/I]. Stop treating WotC like they're idiots who can't design games and just admit that truth be told, you just want to see completely finished product and don't really like to see the process of how games get made. [/QUOTE]
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