captainjack
SOC-13
I said I had doubts, not that the math was wrong. The doubts included the appropriateness of the analysis, the scope of the analysis, and the conclusions. But, that said, yes, the math was right. I erred in my statement in not making that clear.
And yes, some serious changes occurred from internal playtest without an iteration to the open group; but by no means all. And given the time spent on each iteration we did get, I suspect that the release date was at least part of why...plus the massive amount of effort needed to wade thru the forum posts to get the feedback in a useable form. Gareth made it pretty clear that we could and should email him with specifics -but if one expected making only forums posts to be an effective venue for input, I can see why it felt deafened.
Possibly it was an ill advised attempt to include fan input -but I'm of the opinion that the very first version we got would have been most of what was published without the playtest; and I'm equally sure that it would have been a much inferior product as a result.
In any case, glad to hear from you. Hows things in the Great White* Western North ?
*snow.
And yes, some serious changes occurred from internal playtest without an iteration to the open group; but by no means all. And given the time spent on each iteration we did get, I suspect that the release date was at least part of why...plus the massive amount of effort needed to wade thru the forum posts to get the feedback in a useable form. Gareth made it pretty clear that we could and should email him with specifics -but if one expected making only forums posts to be an effective venue for input, I can see why it felt deafened.
Possibly it was an ill advised attempt to include fan input -but I'm of the opinion that the very first version we got would have been most of what was published without the playtest; and I'm equally sure that it would have been a much inferior product as a result.
In any case, glad to hear from you. Hows things in the Great White* Western North ?
*snow.