D&D 5E No DDI for 5e??

[Tony Vargas]

I have a different view on it. Even if there was overlap in the service, I don't see them pushing 4e out, just simply no longer developing/supporting it. Which is pretty much what we have now.

Nod. Nothing meaningful in print since 2012, for that matter.

However, without 5e stuff in DDI, people are going to stop paying for it (reasonably so), but that also means they have less reason to keep the resources available.

More importantly, very few new folks (you never know when someone might pick up the Red Box at a garage sale and become an instant fan, I guess - or I'd just say 'no new folks') will sign up for it.

 

[Kinak]

I'm betting that they outsource the magazines again probably to Paizo again. I mean they outsour ed the Tyranny of Dragons adventures, they outsourced Morningstar. I think they're going to out source everything except the most core products like the Core 3, and Setting books, and maybe the main yearly splat book.

I'd be surprised to see Paizo take that offer. There's an element of danger in giving another company control over your product lines, as Paizo learned the hard way.

As long as Pathfinder's supporting them, sticking with that is the safer option.

Cheers!
Kinak

 

[Starfox]

I'd be surprised to see Paizo take that offer. There's an element of danger in giving another company control over your product lines, as Paizo learned the hard way.

As long as Pathfinder's supporting them, sticking with that is the safer option.

Cheers!
Kinak

Which means we need a new Lisa Stevens? ^^

Edit: This could be Wolfgang Baur of Kobold Press, who they already worked with. Or almost anyone who used to work for them and has shown they can run a company.

Edit II: An as with Pazio, WotC runs the risk of feeding future competition.

 

[Kinak]

Which means we need a new Lisa Stevens? ^^

Edit: This could be Wolfgang Baur of Kobold Press, who they already worked with. Or almost anyone who used to work for them and has shown they can run a company.

Edit II: An as with Pazio, WotC runs the risk of feeding future competition.

I'm not sure the world could handle the awesomeness of two Lisa Stevens! Wolfgang Baur is a good call, though.

You're right that WotC runs a risk that the best adventures for 5e, like the best adventures for 3e, will be published by an outside source. That'll cause problems when the companies inevitably drift apart.

Cheers!
Kinak