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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 4691207" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>Regardless of my personal opinion on FR in general or the specific changes that were made, I believe that the first setting that WotC published -had- to conform to as much of a 'general base line' as possible in order to accomodate as many people. You can't make your first published setting be a 'niche' setting, it's just not usually a feasible way to do things. I would expect that later settings can be more niche.</p><p></p><p></p><p>As a matter of personal taste, I don't often like published settings (to DM or Play) because it is hard for me to remember history and places and people that i did not make up myself (i sucked at history subjects in school for that same reason). So I stick to homebrewed stuff. I did get the FRPG for the crunch (specifically the swordmage class) and honestly, the fact that the setting was more "novice friendly" is the only reason I would consider playing in an FR setting (as a player; though not as a DM, for the above stated reasons).</p><p></p><p>For future settings, I would hope/expect that they be a bit more 'niche' I don't want to see another FR setting released with the names changed - it has to _feel_ different.</p><p></p><p>Having said all that, I can understand how long-time fans would be annoyed by such sweeping and drastic changes. It's all a matter of how attached someone is to the original.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fba827, post: 4691207, member: 807"] Regardless of my personal opinion on FR in general or the specific changes that were made, I believe that the first setting that WotC published -had- to conform to as much of a 'general base line' as possible in order to accomodate as many people. You can't make your first published setting be a 'niche' setting, it's just not usually a feasible way to do things. I would expect that later settings can be more niche. As a matter of personal taste, I don't often like published settings (to DM or Play) because it is hard for me to remember history and places and people that i did not make up myself (i sucked at history subjects in school for that same reason). So I stick to homebrewed stuff. I did get the FRPG for the crunch (specifically the swordmage class) and honestly, the fact that the setting was more "novice friendly" is the only reason I would consider playing in an FR setting (as a player; though not as a DM, for the above stated reasons). For future settings, I would hope/expect that they be a bit more 'niche' I don't want to see another FR setting released with the names changed - it has to _feel_ different. Having said all that, I can understand how long-time fans would be annoyed by such sweeping and drastic changes. It's all a matter of how attached someone is to the original. [/QUOTE]
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