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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 1470360" data-attributes="member: 1405">I have no clue what these people are doing.  An editor edits. They do not change or rewrite material.  I edit a medical journal.  I can imagine the reaction of the scientific crowd if I changed some numbers or switched a sign.  My job is to clean up the manuscript, not change the science.If they do not like the way material is written, then they should not buy it.  Or...they should contact the author and discuss the changes with them.  An author should have the right to pull the material.It's not just DarkSun that Paizo likes to nerf.  I have seen several instanced where they have changed rules content for the worse, such as the alternate clerics that were featured several months ago.Paizo employees are NOT game designers.  They are editors and publishers.  They have a duty to insure that production on the magazine is in tip top shape.  They should not redesign articles to fit their definition of "balanced" material.  3e may be about options.  And, if players want option, then they are free to play any generic version of DnD that they enjoy.  If they play DarkSun, or Planescape, then they are agreeing to be limited in choice because that is how the world works!Paizo should fix production problems before "editing" material.  One month, subscribers get their issues last, the next we get issues with messed up pages.  Obviously, they are not doing the job of a publisher, which is to make certain that such gross errors do not happen.  They are far more concerned with redesigning other people's creative work.I do not know how the rest of you feel, but why do we, the gaming community, tolerate such bad business practices, when the community for other publications would be up in arms?!Personally, Paizo has lost my money.  I cannot see ever subscribing again to a magazine that has no customer service, no loyalty to fans, and no loyalty to its contributing authors.Link to reason behind rant:<a href="http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114882" target="_blank">http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114882</a></blockquote>

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