WotC WotC needs an Elon Musk

[Henadic Theologian]

So you agree leadership is the problem but you want to fire 50% of the employees? Thats the base operative. Book output will get stopped to a halt and fans will wonder whats going on very fast. Also you need newbies, hardcore fans are still playing old editions and not buying new stuff. I agree that WotC could benefit from new and innovative management that is actually competent (not like Musk who is just a spoiled brat).

Your taking me too literally, I'm not saying fire 50%, but I do think new leadership is needed.

 

[Scribe]

Your taking me too literally, I'm not saying fire 50%, but I do think new leadership is needed.

Over lunch I flipped through the Eberron setting book (and yes @Bolares its fantastic, actually too good I had to close it...) and since the leadership is the same from then, and other books I found good, I dont think the leadership is the issue. The current vision, maybe, but the individuals have done decent to good work.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Over lunch I flipped through the Eberron setting book (and yes @Bolares its fantastic, actually too good I had to close it...) and since the leadership is the same from then, and other books I found good, I dont think the leadership is the issue. The current vision, maybe, but the individuals have done decent to good work.

Eberron & Wildemount where headed by Keith Baker and Matt Mercier respectively, they get the credit, not the leadership.

 

[Scribe]

Eberron & Wildemount where headed by Keith Baker and Matt Mercier respectively, they get the credit, not the leadership.

This is the thing though, do you honestly believe that WotC couldnt do the same for their own settings?

Of course they could. Its not a question of leadership, as the same people are in the credits. Its a question of desire/vision/intent.

 

[Micah Sweet]

This is the thing though, do you honestly believe that WotC couldnt do the same for their own settings?

Of course they could. Its not a question of leadership, as the same people are in the credits. Its a question of desire/vision/intent.

They could, but they don't. One has to wonder why, since they're perfectly willing to print good setting books made by others under their name.

 

[Scribe]

They could, but they don't. One has to wonder why, since they're perfectly willing to print good setting books made by others under their name.

Likely the timeless combination of

1. Cost vs Return.
2. General vs Specific.
3. Nostalgia vs New

Its sadly not likely any more complex than that. MotM is extremely safe and generic, seemingly most are not even aware because they didnt want to rebuy what they had from Volo/MToF.

I'm not sure I even want a big setting from them, other than a fully expansive Alignment and Gods heavy (yes even mechanically) Planescape.

If I get that, I'm not sure what Wizards could even release that I care for anymore, a Far Realm book, maybe, Shadowfell?

 

[Umbran]

Eberron & Wildemount where headed by Keith Baker and Matt Mercier respectively, they get the credit, not the leadership.

Leadership gets credit for having them do those works.

"Leadership" doesn't do the creative work itself - it finds what creative work should be done, and who should do it.

 

[Umbran]

... but I do think new leadership is needed.

Yeah, but today the PHB is #17 of all books on Amazon. Sales of the flagship product are still remarkable, even eight years after publication.

Hard to say new leadership is necessary in the face of commercial success.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yeah, but today the PHB is #17 of all books on Amazon. Sales of the flagship product are still remarkable, even eight years after publication.

Hard to say new leadership is necessary in the face of commercial success.

Faded glory perhaps the more recent releases are lower relative to other non phb recent releases.

Since Spelljammer a lot more negativity online and not just from the usual suspects. Alot of meh products relive to even a few years ago say 2019. Rehashed stuff, niche stuff, low quality adventures, Spelljammer, and blowback from MTG crowd, falling share prices, CFO of Hasbro resigned iirc.

 

[Umbran]

Faded glory perhaps

It looks like current glory to me. Being in the top 5 of all books previously might be faded, but #17 now is current.

the more recent releases are lower relative to other non phb recent releases.

Asserting that without some sort of data to support it is not persuasive. If you can do a real apples to apples comparison of numbers, we can look at it. Otherwise, this is not distinguishible from an "I don't personally like it" argument.

Since Spelljammer a lot more negativity online and not just from the usual suspects.

Online chatter is not a representative sample of opinion, and you know it.

... falling share prices, CFO of Hasbro resigned iirc.

Have nothing to do with D&D - that's all from the Magic side of the house that didn't learn the D&D lesson of not saturating their market with product.