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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5415193" data-attributes="member: 59082">Damn, I step out for a day or two and look what happens. It may be difficult to go back and find which posts I left unanswered, so I'll just throw in a few comments.First of all, I think Ycore Rixle (and others) hit the nail on the head when they say that the execution has been the problem, or at least (one of) the biggest problem(s). I think this has something to do with a strange incapacity to really work with feedback, or to have a living, dynamic feedback mechanism with the fans.Secondly, Ariosto re-iterates one of my points, which is that it is the old farts which fork out a lot of the dough. This isn't popular music, where it is the 11-14 year olds that are buying the singles on Itunes and it doesn't matter if we old guys want a new The The or Jamiroquai album. Not only is this a greying hobby, but the old farts now have at least some disposable income. Even poor private school teachers like myself can afford to spend $50+ a month on RPGs; most 12-year olds can't do that (or at least I couldn't).Finally, I have to agree with what Kamikaze Midget and others have said about what amounts to a lack of vision on WotC's part. Back to execution. I have seen similar situations where it isn't as much the problems with what, say, a leadership body does and how they need to change, it is that they might not have the right personnel. I am wondering if this is the case with WotC; afaict they don't seem to have as many independent thinking, lone wolf designers as they did back in the early 3.x days. No Jonathan Tweets, no Monte Cooks.I would love to see WotC try some more experiments like the setting search competition, but with more things going on, more variations, even as a regular practice. How about polls in Dragon with campaign world or adventure seeds, and the question: "Which do you want us to develop?" Then people vote and we get to choose which idea they develop. Stuff like that - a greater degree of interaction with the fanbase, with a stronger feedback loop.</blockquote>

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