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<blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 4115429" data-attributes="member: 1288">Yep. But they can still take fan response into account when making that choice.Now, I think anyone trying to craft Pathfinder into &quot;whatever they want&quot; is fooling themselves, since it's obviously still going to be mostly D&amp;D 3.5 (else it can't be fully backwards compatible). But within that framework, some fan input is certainly possible.Uh, what? Why do you think WotC bothers to playtest if they're not going to make changes.I can tell you just from the various drafts I myself saw of the rules that changes were made due to playtest feedback.No, actually, it's not, for the same reasons you initially brought up. Someone has to make the final decision. And that someone has to have a better understanding of game theory and design than the average gamer.A game that determines some aspects by poll could probably be done. But a game that was 100% design-by-poll? Disaster waiting to happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mouseferatu, post: 4115429, member: 1288"] Yep. But they can still take fan response into account when making that choice. Now, I think anyone trying to craft Pathfinder into "whatever they want" is fooling themselves, since it's obviously still going to be [i]mostly[/i] D&D 3.5 (else it can't be fully backwards compatible). But within that framework, some fan input is certainly possible. Uh, what? Why do you think WotC bothers to playtest if they're not going to make changes. I can tell you just from the various drafts I myself saw of the rules that changes were made due to playtest feedback. No, actually, it's not, for the same reasons you initially brought up. Someone has to make the final decision. And that someone has to have a better understanding of game theory and design than the average gamer. A game that determines [i]some aspects[/i] by poll could probably be done. But a game that was 100% design-by-poll? Disaster waiting to happen. [/QUOTE]

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