You know what sucks worse then people pretending they are better because they play X game? People pretending they are better because they are so aloof from all the bitter edition warring, yet dive right into already testy threads with unsupported and poorly thought out pronouncements about how to solve everyone else's problems and make them better people. Turtlejay, no one asked you if you thought this was a topic worth discussing. At the risk of being glib, may I suggest: Don't post in a thread you don't enjoy.
I did (and do, in parts) enjoy this thread. Game theory and design is something I enjoy reading about. I don't pretend to be a rules lawyer or designer, so I generally stay out. I post if I feel my gut feeling is helpful.
In this case, my gut feeling is that you and some others decided that an edition war and some blatant trolling was what you wanted out of the thread. I disagreed, and said so. You continue to troll, though I have taken a few days off to try and let it blow over. You continue to troll. So perhaps you should find a thread that does not bring the need to troll out in you.
On topic?:
It would be a shame, in the digital age, to not take advantage of instant gratification, and worldwide communication. If the designers, in an office in Washington, find that community feedback and their own playtesting has shown a problem with their product, they can change it worldwide, with minimal effort.
The danger, that it can lead to a videogame-like release then patch mentality is certainly there, but I don't see that *yet* with 4e's releases. If that changes, and 4e starts into that downward spiral? Well, I still have my 3.5 stuff, so I'm set!
Jay
