v4 Rules & Mechanics Discussion

[unipus]

That would be a terrible decision. The alpha phase did exactly what it was supposed to do: draw a significant amount of feedback, which they were then able to review and adapt from.

If they skipped that phase all you would have gotten was a more-complete alpha, an even bigger wave of hysteria because no one has seen any of it. The background would likely have been in the same state it was in the alpha. The rules would not have been diversely tested and reviewed. And they'd probably be in much less of a position to change any of it. In other words, the situation that the angriest (and wrongest) voices here said was the case about the alpha would have actually been true.