Arashi Ravenblade said:
It seems alot of people hate the idea of a WOW like D&D Im one of them. It doenst suprise me that the designers would deny they like it, play it, or anything else. They are a company and out to make money. They would say D&D could make world peace if they thought it woulsd sell one more copy. DOnt get my wrong, I actually like WOTC but to believe they arent trying to appeal to the WOW fan base while keeping what they already got is just blindness in my opinion.
They are trying to appeal to the WoW fan base?
One of the major changes in the "tone" of the game is making D&D less focused on magic items. I don't think that will appeal to the WoW players at all. Another change in the "tone" are encounters with more monsters. That will sure appeal to Diablo 2 players, not WoW players.
WOTC plans are to make D&D better. I don't think they make meetings to discuss how to bring WoW players to D&D, or ask to each other "hey mike, do you think if we add that rule, WoW player will enjoy it?". That sounds absurd! In a conspiracy theory that would sound interesting, but in a pratical situation it makes no sense.
One of the reasons 9 million people play WoW is because it's so easy to play it. You don't need to read about rules, settings, character backgrounds, etc; find other players, someone to DM, etc. All you need to do is to sit by the PC and log in.
If they make D&D better by making it easier to just start playing it, smoother and more playable for everyone (people that love rules, people that hate them, roll and role players); if they make it easier to find other people to play D&D via DNDInsider; D&D will surely appeal much more to everyone, and not just WoW players.
I don't know how many times I posted these arguments, hell IS repetition.