Okay, that does indeed alleviate some of my concerns. As someone who doesn't typically play the role of field manager in my games, I'm happy to see that GM-ing will continue to be a primary focus of OOTP.
I suppose I'm a little bit antsy this year, due to the fact that I decided not to apply for the beta team. As you know, I was on the team the last few years, but wasn't able to devote enough time to it. Therefore, I decided not to even submit an application this time around. Now, having more free time on my hands than expected, I'm wishing I'd applied after all... although what I
really hope for in the future is to be considered for the design team!
In the meantime, I'm feeling a little bit out of the loop. Once you've been on the inside, it's a tad frustrating not knowing more information about what's going into the upcoming version and which direction the game in general is heading.
By the way, I did leave a question over in the Suggestions forum to which I've yet to receive a response:
Were all the suggestions made prior to the release of OOTP9 carried over for this version? In other words, is there a master list of suggestions that would include all the ideas I submitted for last year's version, or should I have re-posted them in the OOTPX Suggestions forum?