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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 1162555" data-attributes="member: 2629">You have a very common opinion. The fact that it is commonly held, though, does not make it a fact.There is *nothing* that legally binds WotC to issue errata or support their D&D products. They can publish a book and completely forget about it except for collecting profits. They issue errata and maintain their product because it is in their best interest. Not because they have a duty. They might say some pretty things about why they issue errata and make updates (and the people saying it might really believe it), but if it was in the best interests of the company to not maintain the product, somebody in a suit would prevent it.As for Andy 'messing' up: If you'd be so kind as to explain, in detail, the workings of the WotC design teams, I'll consider your opinion. If you don't know how it works, you have no right to accuse one individual of being the source of problems. I know that Andy was responsible for a few concepts that have really improved the game. I know he played a key part in fixing problems that most players had not even recognized (ie; 3.0 power attack resulting in an average loss of 35% - 50% of expected damage for some characters because it didn't work properly). His conceptual additions to the game were marvelous. Some of the editing, play testing and fine tuning are less acceptable. I don't see his name under those credits. He was ultimately in charge of the entire PHB revision, but you can blame the 'boss' only so much for the failings of others. And as for those people that did 'fail', they did not have unlimited time or resources. The 3.0 design process had many years more time to be developed. The 3.5 crew worked on a smaller scale with far fewer resources. Expecting perfection is unreasonable. Their efforts were not ideal, but they were far from horrible as well.</blockquote>

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