D&D 5E Something to think about concerning the 5e playtest

[dm4hire]

Anyone who just walks through this playtest going, “ok, thank you, next test please, without really giving any thought to the purpose of the beta is causing a disservice and should bale out now. It’s time to put down the swords and forget your rivalries caused by the last editions. We, as a collective, need to focus on making this game the best it can be. Regardless of whether we end up playing it or not we need to strive to provide feedback that will polish out the rough spots and turn it into a great game for those who will play it. That’s what you signed up to do when you picked up those beta files; that you would read over them, run the game, and then finally report back what you think. So don’t scream it doesn’t play like <insert favorite edition>, those days are gone. Playtest it for what it is, a chance to make D&D the game people love to play. Better yet, make it a game that will help our hobby grow.

Realize that people are going to have opinions about different parts of the rules. We all won’t see eye to eye on everything. The key is to reach a happy medium that will appease the majority based on feedback and that will be WotC’s job. I wish them the best in this endeavor. If everyone does their part in this playtest and WotC “really” listens, then we will achieve that goal whether “we” as individuals play it or not. I will also say this as a warning to WotC “if you don’t take this playtest seriously and really work to make this (5e) the game that the players want, well we’ll still have our favorites to cling to as we watch D&D slips further into obscurity.”

 

[Kzach]

The good thing about feedback is that they will take the percentages and work on the majority for the core rules and everything else will be modular. So at the end of the day, most people will get mostly what they want out of the system, providing that the designers can successfully incorporate all the styles which I think so far they have done quite successfully.