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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5702372" data-attributes="member: 29398">What's ideal for the game: a full rule-set*+~ on initial release with only occasional official changes and additions later.  See D&D 1e, though even it had a few too many add-ons near the end.  After that, support by way of settings and adventures designed, written and published by anyone who feels like it.  Full-ride access to everything be it on paper or online - no subscription walls.  An overarching attitude of anything goes as long as it's fun.* - playtested into the ground, in the spirit that errata are evil and their very existence is a badge of shame.+ - generic enough and flexible enough to accommodate all sorts of playstyles and preferences.~ - designed and written with the specific intent of being "the" game; an end-point, rather than a way-point.What's ideal for the company: lots of splats and errata within an edition leading ultimately to the need for another edition to clean up the mess; then lather rinse repeat. Subscription-based access to the current edition and no access at all to previous editions^.  An attitude that says if you're not playing by our rules you're not doing it right.  Realized expectation of ongoing and increasing profit.^ - note these are ideals, we haven't quite got to this point in reality yet.You might notice a few glaring differences between the company ideals and  game ideals above.  I see the two as being largely in opposition to each other over the past ten years or so, with the game ideals losing badly.It makes me sad.Lanefan</blockquote>

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