Quote from: Snowman0147;820829Welcome to my world.  Though not as bad as the fan base killing itself off.  Still the developers need their pink slip and need it badly.

Not literally die, of course. Nor all of them. As with most things it's the loudest and most negative who represent the group and it's those fans...the ones who support the kind of insanity that's killed the game...who need to "die off". Once the rest of us, if ever, can grab the reins, Exalted might have a chance to be a great game.

Quote from: Nexus;820702What did you like in particular?

Hard to say. As i said, i haven't read the doc in detail yet. But somehow some of the snippets i read made me want to play the setting again. The writing was not bad and it infected me again with that over the top epic vibe.

I am just not sure this enthusiasm will survive the first contact with all the fucking charm clutter and other fiddly bits you have to wade through. On the other hand, Blackwingedheaven has made a real nice Cortex + hack, so ... who knows.

Your best bet is look for alternatives.  Some one did a FATE hack of Exalted.  Sine Nomine has a high powered OSR games that mimics the feel of Exalted.  Hell I am doing a alternative with my my own made from scratch system that I hope to sell one day.  Point is for epic high powered champion of the gods games are getting some alternatives.  

Sure Exalted has a name brand now, but that name brand is dying out because of the constant shit quality that is being poured out.  Sooner, or later these alternatives will take over.

I doubt that its going to fail. Ex3 might not be the runaway smash hit its being played up as being but I think its probably going to do well enough. It essentially already has. I'm curious if it will repeat the same pattern as the last two edition though.

I think the real question here is whether this Exalted 3rd debacle has killed off the chances of there being an Exalted 4th somewhere down the line. Certainly, if I were in charge at Onyx Path I'd be really reluctant to greenlight a new edition by the same team.

maybe they will do a ubisoft and move everybody around for no reason

then that wont be a concern

It really depends on the reaction when the core book hits the figurative shelves. And there's no telling at this point.

If anyone claims that theRPGsite is only for stuff the Pundit approves of, they could be pointed to this nearly-100 page thread as a counterargument.

a dam fine counterargument it would make to

Quote from: Nexus;820970It really depends on the reaction when the core book hits the figurative shelves. And there's no telling at this point.

I don't think even negative outcry would unduly affect OP at this point. They made three quarters of a million dollars off the name of the product and the names of the development team alone.

Think about that for a second. 750k, for a fucking chance they might pull this off.  And there is no way in hell, that the writing and production of the core, including the special edition is going to eat all that up.

Even if Ex3 tanks, anything they sell at this point is just extra profit.

Just the idea of this game prints money, ffs.

Quote from: RPGPundit;821302If anyone claims that theRPGsite is only for stuff the Pundit approves of, they could be pointed to this nearly-100 page thread as a counterargument.

You dislike the topic, the game, the thread's tone or...?

Quote from: Warboss Squee;821334I don't think even negative outcry would unduly affect OP at this point. They made three quarters of a million dollars off the name of the product and the names of the development team alone.

Think about that for a second. 750k, for a fucking chance they might pull this off.  And there is no way in hell, that the writing and production of the core, including the special edition is going to eat all that up.

Even if Ex3 tanks, anything they sell at this point is just extra profit.

Just the idea of this game prints money, ffs.

I agree entirely. Like I've been saying, I don't think its going to fail, its already succeeded in fact. The Exalted brand is a cash cow  that's been giving steady for about 10 yrs; its following sometimes seems to border on religious. The KS was so successful and it wasn't even for third edition. It was to finance extras. The Exalted concept is a real money maker. You'd have to try to mess it up.

3rd would have to be a horrible mess and probably offensive to F.A.T.A.L. levels to fail by any reasonable definition at this point. There might be some intense fan griping out some things, maybe they'll even get put off by some aspects after a few years, more flame between believers and "haters", then there might be a fourth edition.

I'm really curious to see what the intended nature and play style for Solars (and to a degree other Celestials) is meant to be.

The power level has lowered and "narrowed" (to what extend won't be clear until the other Exalt books are out), the Realm has been given more power and more reach and the Terrestrials are a whole (including Outcastes) are even more united against the Anathema and still have a vast numerical bonus in a game where mechanically, numbers are a killer advantage even if you have a significant power advantage.

It seems like its more either playing a RTS as an rpg,going out as far as you can and trying to build up an Empire (starting from a massive disadvantage if you're a Solar) or a game you're expected to run and hide for the majority of it, hoping not to be squashed or sell out to some group with actual power for protection (the Deathlords, the Cult of Illuminated/Gold Faction, the Lunars, the Yozi, etc).

If you go by the complaints on rpg.net this is either due to the fact Solar PCs were taking over the entire setting in a handful of sessions or it was "deprotagonizing" to the other splats. The first hasn't been my experience (and that's after some house rules to give Solars a boost). And I can't comment on the second.

Quote from: RPGPundit;821302If anyone claims that theRPGsite is only for stuff the Pundit approves of, they could be pointed to this nearly-100 page thread as a counterargument.

Granted, it is based on the premise that anyone should care about Exalted anymore.

JG

Quote from: RPGPundit;821302If anyone claims that theRPGsite is only for stuff the Pundit approves of, they could be pointed to this nearly-100 page thread as a counterargument.

It's a project led by White Wolf ex-employees and RPGnet mods that's headed for utter, dismal failure. How is that something you do not "approve of"?