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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 5200523" data-attributes="member: 3400">You've got a point, but so does, I think, Shazman. One question I have to clarify would be &quot;what was WotC's intent with respect to D&amp;D's players?&quot; How was the tool intended to serve and does it meet those expectations? So I'd say it's not just how well does it serve its actual users but how well does it serve its intended purpose.Did they expect to serve players whose sessions run about 3-5 hours in length? If they did expect to reasonably serve them, then I think Shazman's criticism is valid. The tool fails to serve that segment of the market well.Did they expect 4e to serve a market whose game sessions run at twice that length? Then I think the tool does a better job of serving its intended purpose.If WotC expected to serve both then, again, I think the tool fails that expectation. So while not universally broken, a tool may yet be a poor fit for certain applications, including indended applications.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 5200523, member: 3400"] You've got a point, but so does, I think, Shazman. One question I have to clarify would be "what was WotC's intent with respect to D&D's players?" How was the tool [b]intended[/b] to serve and does it meet those expectations? So I'd say it's not just how well does it serve its actual users but how well does it serve its intended purpose. Did they expect to serve players whose sessions run about 3-5 hours in length? If they did expect to reasonably serve them, then I think Shazman's criticism is valid. The tool fails to serve that segment of the market well. Did they expect 4e to serve a market whose game sessions run at twice that length? Then I think the tool does a better job of serving its intended purpose. If WotC expected to serve both then, again, I think the tool fails that expectation. So while not universally broken, a tool may yet be a poor fit for certain applications, including indended applications. [/QUOTE]

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