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Originally Posted by macd21
Wow. Ok. If you disagree with my review, write one of your own and submit it.
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I am. That wasn't the point, though.
If you are reviewing a product, you should review the product- and I'm not saying you didn't- I thought alot of your points were well thought out and honest.
However, just because you don't like something in the setting doesn't mean the overall product should suffer in a public review of it. You blantantly marked it down for having a race you didn't like. So what? If the overall setting is so deep and complete, why not give the setting a high score? The only thing you didn't like about the setting was the Felinor, but again, is that a flaw? Out of 300 pages of pure descriptive text, does a 4-page culture description really cause the grade to slip from an A to a C? That's harsh by any standard, and certainly not an objective one, which a reviewer should be.
The Felinor aren't flawed, or deserve the kind of negative attention you've perpetuated with them. Bellona is right as well- players don't have control over whether they're going to meet a Felinor or not, the GM does. And if they want to play one, they should be able to. If they want to be a magic user, as a GM, let them play one, whether NelVan, Gelling, or a Comnar Artifact Mage.
And multiple times throughout the manuals they tell you that if something is slowing things down, don't use it. You could have tried the simple combat rules if the advanced ones didn't work out for you, not comment that the 'combat system is completely unworkable' and that you decided to home brew it.
You stated that you liked the mechanics- the tick-xp system was good, you liked that the magic was simple, but that combat was iffy for you and that Character creation was a little confusing. Fine. You liked half of it. But you failed to mention the errata for the Box Set available on their company website for free download, as well as all the charts. Therefore showing that while some bugs have to be worked out, they are aware of them and are open to further dicussion and input from their fanbase, as well as others.
As for the other response, his review wasn't on the Forums, it was in your Review section. If there is a difference between an Official Review and a fan based one shouldn't there be something to differentiate them?