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<blockquote data-quote="TwoSix" data-source="post: 5527906" data-attributes="member: 205">Exactly.&nbsp; The lack of obvious direction from WotC is severely bruising my love of 4e.&nbsp; And it's worse because you can almost feel it's not from lack of care or concern, it's from lack of manpower.&nbsp; Getting angry at WotC almost feels like kicking a hurt puppy.&nbsp; What also kills me is that, product-wise, they were on a roll.&nbsp; DMG2, PHB3, Primal Power, Psionic Power, Planes Above, Underdark, and especially MM3 and DS were such fantastic products.&nbsp; It just feels like at the end of 2009, numbers came in that weren't good, and there was a decision to change the direction of the game, and the Essentials line became the focus.&nbsp; It's doubly depressing because I actually really like the Essentials concepts, but I think the timing was all wrong.&nbsp; I'd rather see HotFK and HotFL released back in 2008, with later books like a Martial Power adding the AEDU structure to new builds.&nbsp; I know hindsight is 20/20.&nbsp; But I think 4e would have been more successful overall if the changes had been presented gradually, with complexity rolled out via supplement, and thus having DDi online tools as a great way to organize yourself with the burgeoning complexity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwoSix, post: 5527906, member: 205"] Exactly. The lack of obvious direction from WotC is severely bruising my love of 4e. And it's worse because you can almost feel it's not from lack of care or concern, it's from lack of manpower. Getting angry at WotC almost feels like kicking a hurt puppy. What also kills me is that, product-wise, they were [I]on a roll[/I]. DMG2, PHB3, Primal Power, Psionic Power, Planes Above, Underdark, and especially MM3 and DS were such fantastic products. It just feels like at the end of 2009, numbers came in that weren't good, and there was a decision to change the direction of the game, and the Essentials line became the focus. It's doubly depressing because I actually really like the Essentials concepts, but I think the timing was all wrong. I'd rather see HotFK and HotFL released back in 2008, with later books like a Martial Power adding the AEDU structure to new builds. I know hindsight is 20/20. But I think 4e would have been more successful overall if the changes had been presented gradually, with complexity rolled out via supplement, and thus having DDi online tools as a great way to organize yourself with the burgeoning complexity. [/QUOTE]

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