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<blockquote data-quote="DinoInDisguise" data-source="post: 9602607" data-attributes="member: 7045806"><p>I agree 100%. You put it way more eloquently than the post I was writing.</p><p></p><p>People want their specific vision and anything that is not their specific vision is bad. We see this in these forums over and over again. Every time 5e comes up we see people scream from rooftops about how bad it is. It doesn't matter how many people enjoy the system, if it's not my preferred system it's a bad system. The fact others seem to enjoy it, in large numbers, must be the product of either ignorance or black magic, because it can't be good. It can't be good because it doesn't match what I want. </p><p></p><p>We see this exact argument on repeat. Even down to the claims of ignorance being the reason. All the while, WotC continues to follow the masses as you so eloquently put. knowing full well that other publishers can handle more fringe uses of the system. To WotC, chasing the dragon of trying to please everyone is a waste of time and money when so many third parties will do that for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DinoInDisguise, post: 9602607, member: 7045806"] I agree 100%. You put it way more eloquently than the post I was writing. People want their specific vision and anything that is not their specific vision is bad. We see this in these forums over and over again. Every time 5e comes up we see people scream from rooftops about how bad it is. It doesn't matter how many people enjoy the system, if it's not my preferred system it's a bad system. The fact others seem to enjoy it, in large numbers, must be the product of either ignorance or black magic, because it can't be good. It can't be good because it doesn't match what I want. We see this exact argument on repeat. Even down to the claims of ignorance being the reason. All the while, WotC continues to follow the masses as you so eloquently put. knowing full well that other publishers can handle more fringe uses of the system. To WotC, chasing the dragon of trying to please everyone is a waste of time and money when so many third parties will do that for them. [/QUOTE]
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