Artificer UA to be released in February

I don't think there is a bunker strong enough to endure the fanbase exploding over this.

 

[Stacie GmrGrl]

I really, really, really want a viable gunslinger artificer. Competitive damage + decent utility.

Check out the Gunslinger class by MHP. It has good gun rules.

 

[Ash Mantle]

'thanks for your patience'.
Finally they admitted having a release delay. This is a good step towards having a fair approach towards the fan base regarding timing.
However, I really expected having the final thing, not another UA again.

One of the constants of the 5e dev team is that they've always been transparent with any delays, even if they announce it on the day of a supposed release. Another constant of that team is they've always been vague with any concrete information of a release or what they're planning on including in that release, prior to fully announcing it. Which to some is infuriating, but to others comes as a welcome surprise.

Another constant is their team has been really good with playtesting their material, responding to feedback and releasing versions based on that feedback. That cycle to me is much better than releasing something that could have varying degrees of power, and class features that don't mesh well or that don't belong within the class.

 

[vecna00]

It'll be on D&D Beyond the week after its release.

https://twitter.com/DnDBeyond/statu...NuXaE6IqHd9WdfdWQMRMYCmOlrH5VHBZgdQxr4K7hiL_U

Makes me wonder how close to the finished product this will be.

Side thought: The last time there was a significant delay to a UA, it was pushed back to the day Wayfinder's Guide was released for the big Eberron reveal. Makes me wonder if there is something else big brewing that is Eberron related. Maybe this will be included in Wayfinder's Guide day and date, or maybe the long-awaited Morgrave's Miscellany will drop the same day?

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Makes me wonder how close to the finished product this will be.

Side thought: The last time there was a significant delay to a UA, it was pushed back to the day Wayfinder's Guide was released for the big Eberron reveal. Makes me wonder if there is something else big brewing that is Eberron related. Maybe this will be included in Wayfinder's Guide day and date, or maybe the long-awaited Morgrave's Miscellany will drop the same day?

Everything I have seen marks this as the final playtest for the class, unless something goes horribly wrong with it and everyone hates it. lol

Also, I forgot to point something out about this announcement that others may have missed. It is not just saying the Artificer is coming in Feb, but that they are not giving us a UA article at all in Jan so that they can focus on the Artificer.

 

[Guest 6801328]

'thanks for your patience'.
Finally they admitted having a release delay. This is a good step towards having a fair approach towards the fan base regarding timing.
However, I really expected having the final thing, not another UA again.

"fair"???

I think maybe you're not understanding the company/customer relationship here....

 

[vecna00]

Everything I have seen marks this as the final playtest for the class, unless something goes horribly wrong with it and everyone hates it. lol

Also, I forgot to point something out about this announcement that others may have missed. It is not just saying the Artificer is coming in Feb, but that they are not giving us a UA article at all in Jan so that they can focus on the Artificer.

I picked up on it too, especially considering I was thinking that it was coming this month. It's why i'm under the impression it's being pushed back for another nifty reason or two!

 

[dave2008]

However, I really expected having the final thing, not another UA again.

But didn't they tell us a couple of months ago it was going to be released as a UA again? If a remember correctly it was around Oct or Nov., and they said it would not be in that month's UA, but it was coming soon. The speculation at the time was maybe the Dec UA, but I don't believe they actually stated that

 

[TwoSix]

I have a player in my Eberron game using KibbleTasty's expanded Artificer class that the built up from the previous WotC UA and thus far it works well. The fact that it has like a half-dozen separate subclasses means you have any number of different ways to play one. My player started as a Potionsmith, but due to her family background and the way the game has progressed she wants to get involved with warforging, and there's a subclass for that as well that she can now work on switching over to, the Golemsmith.

KibbleTasty's Artificer 1.6 on GMBinder

Even if/when the official WotC artificer gets released, I don't know that I'll have a need to switch over to it, especially considering it'll probably still only have those two subclasses-- the alchemist and the gunsmith.

I can't imagine the WotC version will be nearly as good as KibbleTasty's artificer, that class is amazing. The best homebrew is almost always better than WotC's stuff.

 

[bedir than]

Over the past years they've always been lighter in December and January. It turns out the time between Thanksgiving and the first weekend of January are usually short staffed as a Americans take vacations (at companies that offer that perk and that don't forbid it during their peak season).

No matter the status of the Artificer as ready we know that Crawford and Mearls were both on vacations this year. That alone could "delay" the release, and for reasons that have nothing to do with the product.

 

[DQDesign]

Delay? More likely an item of low priority (until the Eberron pdf was released).

it can be. why ships and boats have higher priority than an iconic class is mistery for me, but it can be.