I think this is just all a bad take from Mark. I understand his position and that this blog is mostly a defense for WoTC’s decisions, but this just misses every one of the complaints for me. He’s basically saying “this is hard, I’ve been doing this for 30 years, trust us” while not addressing the actual complaints.
To me these are arguments why Maro, Michael Majors, and the entire FIRE team should be let go and new people brought in. Doing this for 30 years and still making these mistakes means that someone else is making the decisions and those decisions are not and won’t be in the best interest of the game.
Wow I didn’t know this was even something considered.