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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SavageRobby" data-source="post: 4390778" data-attributes="member: 51573">I voted a '2'. I haven't read the replies yet (although I will when I'm done posting) to not cloud my initial thoughts: I really like their dungeon tiles. I liked their prepainted minis line (up until recently). Those are my favorite of their product lines. (And that right there oughtta tell you something.) I didn't like their last version of D&D (3E), and from what I've read (both pro and con) I'm not particularly interested in 4E, although to be fair I haven't played 4E yet. Actually, I liked 3E in the beginning, until our group's characters started to get higher and higher level, and the game dragged down more and more. In general, I like their production values and art on the books/tiles even when I'm not a huge fan of the content (and to be fair, I haven't bought a WotC hardback in years, so my view of that might be skewed). The minis had a few great sets, but the quality has degraded over the last year or two. I definitely don't like their communication with fans, especially recently - since about the time of the cancellation of Dungeon and Dragon magazine. On the minis side, I found their people to be mostly unreliable (and often not terribly competent). On the RPG side, I find their communication is often arrogant and/or disingenuous. As a company in its entireity, I certainly haven't found them to be particularly compelling, honest or trustworthy. I am thoroughly unimpressed with their technical capabilities and decision making. Note: I don't have experience on the Magic side of things, so I have no comments there. I have been told that things are much better on that side of the company, but again, I have no experience there.  (One thing to mention - this was about the company as a whole. I've had some very nice interactions with some of the individual people in the company, and there are a few class acts there, for certain. However, that doesn't change my opinion of the company proper.)</blockquote>

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