D&D (2024) Jeremy Crawford: “We are releasing new editions of the books”

[Minigiant]

Not that I'm arguing on their behalf, but they also had a TON of people willfully spreading misinformation that kept it all "confusing".

True.

But had they called it an expansion fromthe start,they could have headed them off early using expansion's clearer definition.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Is it really any dumber than what they already tried and go the Movie Reboot route of just using the name of the original and leave everyone to use random, non-standard ways to talk about Robocop (2014)? Or maybe this one will go the Dredd route and 5.5 will be called DUNGEONS.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Some software goes by years now too (Office, Photoshop)

Games usually don't though.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Oh! Oh! Or they could be transparent about the original plan to be Pay Forever and Nominally Evergreen with updates that are a crapshoot over whether they improve or break things: Dungeons and Dragons 365

 

[deganawida]

Is it really any dumber than what they already tried and go the Movie Reboot route of just using the name of the original and leave everyone to use random, non-standard ways to talk about Robocop (2014)? Or maybe this one will go the Dredd route and 5.5 will be called DUNGEONS.

Remember, lots of Microsoft folks there now, and Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox One X, then Xbox Series X/S. I actually went with Xbox this gen last year, and, though I’m a gamer, I still had to triple check to verify that I was getting the most recent gen.

 

[deganawida]

Oh! Oh! Or they could be transparent about the original plan to be Pay Forever and Nominally Evergreen with updates that are a crapshoot over whether they improve or break things: Dungeons and Dragons 365

I had to laugh, though it was wry. I hate 365.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Remember, lots of Microsoft folks there now, and Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox One X, then Xbox Series X/S. I actually went with Xbox this gen last year, and, though I’m a gamer, I still had to triple check to verify that I was getting the most recent gen.

This is why numbers are easier to manage, what with 5.5 being higher than 5 and all.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

This is why numbers are easier to manage, what with 5.5 being higher than 5 and all.

You gotta keep in mind that they (WotC, internally) almost certainly had all the same arguments that we have on here about What to Name It. Ultimately someone makes the decision and it doesn't matter what anyone thinks (even anyone at the company) - it's called what it's called.

It's not really so much "unclear" as it is that some people don't like it.

 

[Vaalingrade]

You gotta keep in mind that they (WotC, internally) almost certainly had all the same arguments that we have on here about What to Name It. Ultimately someone makes the decision and it doesn't matter what anyone thinks (even anyone at the company) - it's called what it's called.

By the community.

No matter what dumb thing the 100K an hour consultant they hired tells them to call it.

 

[mamba]

They certainly underestimate the intelligence of their fans.

or their stubbornness