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<blockquote data-quote="Lord_Blacksteel" data-source="post: 7278293" data-attributes="member: 53082"><p>If anyone had tried to actually build and play an arcane archer from one of the almost-final drafts that contained this error it seems likely that they would have noticed the breakdown. It's not difficult to see the problem. If he feels like that's "lazy" on the part of WOTC then he has a basis for that complaint. How are you inferring that's a shot a someone in particular? Is it possible your experience in the field is making you extra-sensitive to the criticism here?</p><p></p><p>And as for "armchair quarterbacks" - you mean everyone who bought the book that isn't an editor? So almost everyone who bought the book? So "customers"? And then you had to go and work a shot in yourself.</p><p></p><p>I would guess there are two different kinds of editing with WOTC gamebooks - rules checking and then the traditional grammar/spelling editing. This is not a traditional editing screw-up, it's a rules error. Once they made additional changes to the class after the UA article I would expect some additional playtesting. Did that happen? Was there not a conversation about "hey what does this mean right here?" If not why not? If so how did this make it into the final draft? </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>How is rendering one of the main features of a class unplayable not a big deal? He bought a new book and found an error that broke the class he was most interested in playing. In particular, he was interested in playing it in the fairly rules-tight environment of the AL. It is a problem. It's good that it's fixed now, but that doesn't make it not a problem. Raising a fuss about it this time should help improve the process for next time. Take a look at what Paizo had to deal with after the Advanced Class Guide fiasco. Subsequent books have been much better. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>That's good advice, and not just for the other guy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord_Blacksteel, post: 7278293, member: 53082"] If anyone had tried to actually build and play an arcane archer from one of the almost-final drafts that contained this error it seems likely that they would have noticed the breakdown. It's not difficult to see the problem. If he feels like that's "lazy" on the part of WOTC then he has a basis for that complaint. How are you inferring that's a shot a someone in particular? Is it possible your experience in the field is making you extra-sensitive to the criticism here? And as for "armchair quarterbacks" - you mean everyone who bought the book that isn't an editor? So almost everyone who bought the book? So "customers"? And then you had to go and work a shot in yourself. I would guess there are two different kinds of editing with WOTC gamebooks - rules checking and then the traditional grammar/spelling editing. This is not a traditional editing screw-up, it's a rules error. Once they made additional changes to the class after the UA article I would expect some additional playtesting. Did that happen? Was there not a conversation about "hey what does this mean right here?" If not why not? If so how did this make it into the final draft? How is rendering one of the main features of a class unplayable not a big deal? He bought a new book and found an error that broke the class he was most interested in playing. In particular, he was interested in playing it in the fairly rules-tight environment of the AL. It is a problem. It's good that it's fixed now, but that doesn't make it not a problem. Raising a fuss about it this time should help improve the process for next time. Take a look at what Paizo had to deal with after the Advanced Class Guide fiasco. Subsequent books have been much better. That's good advice, and not just for the other guy. [/QUOTE]
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