Dwarves are gay bakers now in d&d
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When did D&D start hating the people who play it? I know they have crapped on Gigax’s legacy
Some time around 4th edition as far as I can tell. 3rd edition was still crunchy enough to keep the filthy unwashed masses at bay, but 4th edition marks a clear delineation where it became simple enough to be infiltrated(or rather that was probably a result of the infiltration).
It sounds like you never played 4e. Like most cultural institutions, WotC didn't lean hard into faggotry until the 2010s, well after 4e's dev was finished.
4e was pretty unpopular. The infiltrators pretty categorically target wildly popular brands.
4e wasn't simple. Unlike 3.5e, it was just organized.
4e solved some issues, and it created had some issues of its own. In particular, here’s what comes to mind for me:
It increased the base hit points, which solved the issue of low-level characters dying to one unlucky damage roll, but created the issue of making everything feel stickier. If I have to hit every goblin two or three times before it’s even “bloodied,” combat gets slower, and characters feel less heroic if even the most basic enemies can consistently tank multiple hits.
It introduced a system of “daily” and “encounter” powers for everyone. This reduced the issue of spellcasters eclipsing martial classes at high levels, but it created the issue of spellcasters and martial classes feeling similar. Forget spell slots and such, now everyone has the exact same number of special powers in play, and all classes can debuff or hit multiple enemies or move people around or whatever.
Wasn’t this a broken thing on release which they errata/patched down?