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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5434741" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>And no, this is not a satire thread. Rather I'm trying to antidote the negativity a bit--my own included as I've been unable to find anything nice to say about WotC these days.</p><p></p><p>Let's look at the last year or so: All of 2010 and into 2011. What has WotC done right? Let's also look at what we look forward to in the days to come.</p><p></p><p>And please, try to avoid negative remarks as much as humanly possible, especially those that serve no purpose except to bag on WotC (e.g "Even though X sucked, Y was ok"). I see nothing wrong with expressing some disappointment or dislike of something if it relates to something that you appreciate (e.g. "Even though X didn't work all that well for Y, it worked really well for Z").</p><p></p><p>Me:</p><p></p><p>Going back to early 2010, <em>Underdark </em>and <em>The Plane Above </em>were two of the best theme books that WotC has put out in years - both very well done and packed with lots of interesting fluff. Being generallly indifferent about psionics I was ambivalent about <em>Player's Handbook 3, </em>but I thought it was overall well-executed with a couple nice variations on the rules (psionic powers and hybrid classes, in particular). </p><p></p><p>I thought they did an excellent job with the Dark Sun books, both the <em>Campaign Guide </em>and <em>Creature Catalog - </em>which was nice to get for less than $14 on Amazon! </p><p></p><p>As for Essentials, the <em>Rules Compendium </em>may be the single most table-useful book that I've ever seen produced for D&D, and that is going back almost 30 years. I also liked the <em>Monster Vault - </em>the tokens are a nice option to have and despite my feeling that the digest size doesn't work well for the <em>Heroes </em>books, I like it for the monster format.</p><p></p><p>As for what I'm looking forward to, I have <em>Wrath of Ashardalon </em>on pre-order as I've heard good things about <em>Castle Ravenloft </em>but thought I would enjoy the theme of <em>Wrath </em>more. I'm really looking forward to the <em>Shadowfell </em>box set, the <em>Madness of Gardmore Abbey, </em>and the <em>Neverwinter Campaign Guide. </em>There were a couple other items that I was looking forward to but alas...maybe they'll pop up in other products later on.</p><p>What about you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5434741, member: 59082"] And no, this is not a satire thread. Rather I'm trying to antidote the negativity a bit--my own included as I've been unable to find anything nice to say about WotC these days. Let's look at the last year or so: All of 2010 and into 2011. What has WotC done right? Let's also look at what we look forward to in the days to come. And please, try to avoid negative remarks as much as humanly possible, especially those that serve no purpose except to bag on WotC (e.g "Even though X sucked, Y was ok"). I see nothing wrong with expressing some disappointment or dislike of something if it relates to something that you appreciate (e.g. "Even though X didn't work all that well for Y, it worked really well for Z"). Me: Going back to early 2010, [I]Underdark [/I]and [I]The Plane Above [/I]were two of the best theme books that WotC has put out in years - both very well done and packed with lots of interesting fluff. Being generallly indifferent about psionics I was ambivalent about [I]Player's Handbook 3, [/I]but I thought it was overall well-executed with a couple nice variations on the rules (psionic powers and hybrid classes, in particular). I thought they did an excellent job with the Dark Sun books, both the [I]Campaign Guide [/I]and [I]Creature Catalog - [/I]which was nice to get for less than $14 on Amazon! As for Essentials, the [I]Rules Compendium [/I]may be the single most table-useful book that I've ever seen produced for D&D, and that is going back almost 30 years. I also liked the [I]Monster Vault - [/I]the tokens are a nice option to have and despite my feeling that the digest size doesn't work well for the [I]Heroes [/I]books, I like it for the monster format. As for what I'm looking forward to, I have [I]Wrath of Ashardalon [/I]on pre-order as I've heard good things about [I]Castle Ravenloft [/I]but thought I would enjoy the theme of [I]Wrath [/I]more. I'm really looking forward to the [I]Shadowfell [/I]box set, the [I]Madness of Gardmore Abbey, [/I]and the [I]Neverwinter Campaign Guide. [/I]There were a couple other items that I was looking forward to but alas...maybe they'll pop up in other products later on. What about you? [/QUOTE]
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