D&D General The Double-Edged Sword: Is The New D&D Edition a Cash Grab in Disguise?

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

so you were here to stir up a revolt against the ‘new edition’ rather than have an open ended discussion…

Probably true of a fair percentage of our regulars.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

Where do you think they get the "extra crispy" chicken at KFC from?

I worked fast food! “Don’t ask don’t ask eat!”

Who am I kidding? I just ordered food from the place I worked 30 years ago. I showed my kids where I used to park my “heavy metal chevette” before clocking in.

Amazingly, the dumpster is still in the same place…

The Egyptians have the pyramids, we have…

 

[Shardstone]

Probably true of a fair percentage of our regulars.

Hehehheeheh....

 

[Warpiglet-7]

Probably true of a fair percentage of our regulars.

The real kick to the crotch is when you find out they don’t play it…

 

[CleverNickName]

The real kick to the crotch is when you find out they don’t play it…

"I don't actually play 5th Edition D&D, never have, but here's a hot take on everything that's wrong with it. Also, you're playing the wrong game. And WotC is evil, and---wait, where are you going? Why do you hate the truth?"

 

[Clint_L]

Which means.... the bottom line is what's important. If selling a good (enough) product makes money then.....

It seems very unkind to suggest that the folks at WotC are just trying to put out something just good enough to scratch out a few extra dollars. From what I've observed, the D&D team come across as passionate professionals who love what they do.

 

[CapnZapp]

I think most of you didn't read the article, just the title, lol.

From the article:

WotC is making it just different enough to render your old books obsolete, but not different enough to offer a truly revolutionary gameplay experience.

No, we understood this years ago.

The transition from 3E to 5E truly was a worthy improvement.

But it only happened when WotC was desperate after 4E had crashed and burned.

They couldn't afford to go the usual route, where you polish what you're already selling making sure to offer enough bennies to make players want to upgrade while making sure to change enough niggling little things to ensure most DMs will just give in and pay up.

 

[DarkCrisis]

It seems very unkind to suggest that the folks at WotC are just trying to put out something just good enough to scratch out a few extra dollars. From what I've observed, the D&D team come across as passionate professionals who love what they do.

I mean just a few months ago WotC was trying to end the OGL and has had issue with AI art, lets not pretend WotC's heart is in the right place.

Im sure some of the creative absolutely want whats best for the game and players but they have bosses over their heads who don't care and just want $.

 

[CapnZapp]

It seems very unkind to suggest that the folks at WotC are just trying to put out something just good enough to scratch out a few extra dollars. From what I've observed, the D&D team come across as passionate professionals who love what they do.

You don't need to tell people to stop coming up with good ideas. You just saddle them with few people short deadlines and self-imposed own-goals like "if 70% of people doesn't like it, it must be bad".

Everything about this is meant to keep 5E being a cash cow for a few more years.

Nothing wrong with that, unless you actually believed the hype.

As if this doesn't happen every time you have an incremental upgrade

 

[Vaalingrade]

D&D Converse Sneakers
D&D Mugs
D&D Toaster Burn-ins
D&D Plates

But no, an actual D&D game product? That's the real cash grab.