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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 5531711" data-attributes="member: 16069">I DM three campaigns at the moment, PC Levels 14, 8 and 5- I have enough stuff (adventures & crunch) as it stands to play all three through to 30th Level, and all three groups are having masses of fun- D&D (IMHO) has never been better, it's like a second childhood for me- loads of players, easy to teach to others, and... I'd better stop now in case I jinx it.Jump the shark- I'd never heard the expression before today.WOTC are just plain crazy, although that's an outsiders POV of course- I just can't get my head around some of the things they are doing. I bought 4e on the back of the VTT and various DDi stuff- none of this has come to pass for me- I have every printed issue of Dungeon and approx. 75% of Dragon- I've not read either of the electronic versions for a year. The CB seems okay at the moment- the MB is just incredily frustrating.WOTC seem to start doing something, second guess themselves and wander off in a different direction and try something else- leaving islands of ideas that are not quite finished yet. It's all playable but it seems to be directionless at times, Like they don't know what's going to work anymore- or else someone up high is telling them if this doesn't sell then... it's like someone in Hasbro has suddenly turned a light on an discovered an office full of guys goofing off and having fun with odd-shaped dice. Don't get me wrong they work hard but it's like they've been left to their own devices up until now- or at least I hope its this. The alternative is they really don't know which direction they are heading with 4e, what will work, what will fail- or even have any new ideas (and people to produce things- like DDi content, like a CB that does..., like a MB that works, like a VTT that does what they said- and connects to the other stuff). Three years (nearly in) and the transition to an electronic game (that is mostly what they are doing right?) is still mostly a great idea.No sharks were jumped.It's still a great game, I just wish the stuff they produced (DDi) just did what I want it to do- and seemingly what they want/said it would do.</blockquote>

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