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<blockquote data-quote="shadzar" data-source="post: 5455881" data-attributes="member: 6667746"><p>Maybe it is what you consider the R in RPG that is flawed?</p><p></p><p>4th edition has clearly defined R correct?</p><p></p><p>Defender, Striker, Controller, and Leader.</p><p></p><p>Are you saying WoW doesn't have an equivalent? What NWN and DDO doesn't have something equivalent to a role that you are playing?</p><p></p><p>This is why Rome burned. Too many people just walking down the road and not paying attention to what was going on around them.</p><p></p><p>So basically the "D&D Experience" is that nothing can be shared because the flames will in the end engulf it. While some are trying to decide and figure out what a "role" is others are trying to figure out where the "property lines" are and nobody has noticed before it is too late, that the flames are coming and cannot be stopped, because they come fast. It is inevitable.</p><p></p><p>So you choice is to stay in Rome if you survived and help rebuild it and enjoy YOUR Rome, or leave with your memory of Rome and discuss it with others of the same memory. Should you meet someone coming from the rebuilt Rome, you may be able to accept its location, but do not feel it to be Rome just because it was built in the same location....or with the same product name in the case of D&D. Someone from the rebuilt Rome doesn't need to be offended that someone else doesn't feel it is Rome anymore.</p><p></p><p>No one ever has to understand anothers feelings in order to accept them as the feelings of that person.</p><p></p><p>FYI, yes I am tired of the analogy and figured I would give my take on it...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shadzar, post: 5455881, member: 6667746"] Maybe it is what you consider the R in RPG that is flawed? 4th edition has clearly defined R correct? Defender, Striker, Controller, and Leader. Are you saying WoW doesn't have an equivalent? What NWN and DDO doesn't have something equivalent to a role that you are playing? This is why Rome burned. Too many people just walking down the road and not paying attention to what was going on around them. So basically the "D&D Experience" is that nothing can be shared because the flames will in the end engulf it. While some are trying to decide and figure out what a "role" is others are trying to figure out where the "property lines" are and nobody has noticed before it is too late, that the flames are coming and cannot be stopped, because they come fast. It is inevitable. So you choice is to stay in Rome if you survived and help rebuild it and enjoy YOUR Rome, or leave with your memory of Rome and discuss it with others of the same memory. Should you meet someone coming from the rebuilt Rome, you may be able to accept its location, but do not feel it to be Rome just because it was built in the same location....or with the same product name in the case of D&D. Someone from the rebuilt Rome doesn't need to be offended that someone else doesn't feel it is Rome anymore. No one ever has to understand anothers feelings in order to accept them as the feelings of that person. FYI, yes I am tired of the analogy and figured I would give my take on it... [/QUOTE]
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