Cyber-Dave
Explorer
How would you interpret the statement "it's not what you expect" then?! Given that there where people expecting every established D&D IP, they only way it could be "not what you expect" is for it to not be an established D&D IP.
I knew some element would be well outside my range of expectations. Ravnica fits that, I grant you. When you tell people that the overall set up will have 2 items that will appeal to hardcore fans, however, this overall set-up reasonably disappoints a lot of your fandom. Your newest setting and a Plane from Magic? The Plane from Magic appears to be getting preferential treatment? I mean, whatever. I have faith that both products will end up being fun as hell. I've already bought Eberron. It is, however, reasonable that fans are disappointed. I'm not talking about a toxic fandom either. I've got less rage and spittle flying from my digital lips than some of the people taking issue with the fact that people are disappointed. I can't, however, help but feel disappointed, and I am far from the only one. This product announcement has met with the most lukewarm reception of any product they have released for 5e to date. The attitude on these boards and the various Reddit/Facebook communities I am a part of bear more resemblance to what I saw back in the 4e days than in the 5e days. It's... unpleasant. It's also unfortunate. I think a Ravnica/Eberron release could have been released without any disappointment if the build-up had been handled with a little less ambiguity and a little more finesse.
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