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<blockquote data-quote="Anthtriel" data-source="post: 3871585" data-attributes="member: 13764">Most of the people in internet communities of anything (except maybe Mensa) are too stupid to design a game, so their opinions generally shouldn't have any weight, especially if they don't have perfect information (and for D&amp;D, Wizards cannot give the community perfect information without giving their product away for free).Exceptions are purely flavor related questions, and even then, the community tends to loudly complain about names, only to find out there are no better alternatives, so there is nothing productive going on.The &quot;designers should listen to me!&quot; mentality comes from the misconception that most members of the internet community are somehow more competent than the designers/writers/politicians. Sometimes that's true, but usually when you look closer at the community's proposals, they fall apart.I mean there are people in this board who seriously believe multiclassing is fine as is in 3E, or that &quot;per encounter&quot; design means you cannot use abilities outside of combat. What can people like that contribute?(And no, I do not exempt myself from this. I'm quite aware that paid professionals are almost always better than me in their fields.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anthtriel, post: 3871585, member: 13764"] Most of the people in internet communities of anything (except maybe Mensa) are too stupid to design a game, so their opinions generally shouldn't have any weight, especially if they don't have perfect information (and for D&D, Wizards cannot give the community perfect information without giving their product away for free). Exceptions are purely flavor related questions, and even then, the community tends to loudly complain about names, only to find out there are no better alternatives, so there is nothing productive going on. The "designers should listen to me!" mentality comes from the misconception that most members of the internet community are somehow more competent than the designers/writers/politicians. Sometimes that's true, but usually when you look closer at the community's proposals, they fall apart. I mean there are people in this board who seriously believe multiclassing is fine as is in 3E, or that "per encounter" design means you cannot use abilities outside of combat. What can people like that contribute? (And no, I do not exempt myself from this. I'm quite aware that paid professionals are almost always better than me in their fields.) [/QUOTE]

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