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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 8898257" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>For me . . . WotC hasn't put out any "bad" products. Not everything has been knocked out of the park for me, but nothing is "bad" or of poor quality.</p><p></p><p>I didn't enjoy Strixhaven, but . . . it just wasn't my cuppa tea. That's okay. I was very happy with the other MtG/D&D crossovers, and I was very happy with the setting revivals for Eberron, Ravenloft, and even Dragonlance. Spelljammer I have issues with, but that's with the format rather than the actual writing and design.</p><p></p><p>If a company does consistently put out products you don't personally care for . . . . because they suck, or because they just don't do it for you, or do it your way . . . . that is an "erosion" of sorts, but more of an erosion of enjoyment. Not of trust.</p><p></p><p>But we're fans . . . . it's easy for us to conflate, "WhAt dID thEY do To drAgOnlaNCe!" with the OGL shenanigans going on right now.</p><p></p><p>For me, some of the smaller issues that had begun eroding MY trust with WotC . . .</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">4E/GSL way back in 2008.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How Orion Black, a WotC designer-of-color, was treated.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How WotC quietly put Mearls on the back-burner when he got mixed up with Zak S. Instead of dealing with that head-on.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The "two steps forward, one step back" progress on racial issues within D&D. Hadozee?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">D&D Beyond being under-resourced.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The three-book slipcase format of Spelljammer, an admitted way to charge more for less.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Learning that freelancers and license partners view WotC as a "culture of arrogance" with accusations of veiled harassment from some.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting . . . .</li> </ul><p>WotC hasn't put out any products that I felt were of terrible quality. If I felt they had been, consistently over time, I would have stopped being their customer. But not due to an "erosion of trust". However, those two things can work together!</p><p></p><p>If you are already not a fan of WotC's current direction with official D&D . . . . you're closer to dropping them as a patron over the current mess than others might be. Sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 8898257, member: 18182"] For me . . . WotC hasn't put out any "bad" products. Not everything has been knocked out of the park for me, but nothing is "bad" or of poor quality. I didn't enjoy Strixhaven, but . . . it just wasn't my cuppa tea. That's okay. I was very happy with the other MtG/D&D crossovers, and I was very happy with the setting revivals for Eberron, Ravenloft, and even Dragonlance. Spelljammer I have issues with, but that's with the format rather than the actual writing and design. If a company does consistently put out products you don't personally care for . . . . because they suck, or because they just don't do it for you, or do it your way . . . . that is an "erosion" of sorts, but more of an erosion of enjoyment. Not of trust. But we're fans . . . . it's easy for us to conflate, "WhAt dID thEY do To drAgOnlaNCe!" with the OGL shenanigans going on right now. For me, some of the smaller issues that had begun eroding MY trust with WotC . . . [LIST] [*]4E/GSL way back in 2008. [*]How Orion Black, a WotC designer-of-color, was treated. [*]How WotC quietly put Mearls on the back-burner when he got mixed up with Zak S. Instead of dealing with that head-on. [*]The "two steps forward, one step back" progress on racial issues within D&D. Hadozee? [*]D&D Beyond being under-resourced. [*]The three-book slipcase format of Spelljammer, an admitted way to charge more for less. [*]Learning that freelancers and license partners view WotC as a "culture of arrogance" with accusations of veiled harassment from some. [*]I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting . . . . [/LIST] WotC hasn't put out any products that I felt were of terrible quality. If I felt they had been, consistently over time, I would have stopped being their customer. But not due to an "erosion of trust". However, those two things can work together! If you are already not a fan of WotC's current direction with official D&D . . . . you're closer to dropping them as a patron over the current mess than others might be. Sure. [/QUOTE]
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