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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahglock" data-source="post: 3901078" data-attributes="member: 56725">Eh it depends on what you are ganking.  Some things are so obviously bad for a pen and paper game it makes you question the judgment of the designers who even tried it out.   For example(with hyperbole included) if during the testing of 3e we hear that they were playing Balders Gate and they noticed that there wasn't a climb skill, flight or heck 3 dimensions and how that streamlined play so they wanted to test what it would be like to have 3e without 3 dimensions because it would make it a quicker and smoother playing game.  But upon testing they realized it closed to many logical options and decreased enjoyment of the game.    Would people go well you know I'm glad they tested that, its good to try things out, or would people be saying Whiskey Tango Foxtrot if you are even testing that your judgment is so bad I can't trust the final product.  The line where people say Whiskey Tango Foxtrot varies form person to person, for some testing agro mechanics crossed that line for others it didn't.    If all they stole were some powers, skills, and spells I doubt people would complain that the incinerate spell from WoW was in with its conflagarate spell combo.</blockquote>