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GreyLord reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with
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Maybe so, but no official source is going to say it's not doing well (unless it absolutely tanks and they have to), to be fair. -
GreyLord reacted to Warpiglet-7's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
If people did not talk about their unverified theories, what would a forum do? I have been reading about 2024 here and elsewhere for...
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GreyLord reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
After watching the video, I agree that 2024 had financial motives behind it and was not born from a desire to fix design issues in 5e...
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GreyLord reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
A few things: 1. They didn't IMO "fix" all those things in 5.5, they changed them. How one feels about it remains subjective. 2. It is...
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GreyLord reacted to Umbran's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
Nobody out here knows what the goals were. The game hasn't been out a year yet. You wanna know success/failure instantaneously? Get a...
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GreyLord reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
My local experience (just a person with a lot of friends and colleagues who play D&D) is that only really hyper-invested people really...
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GreyLord reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
I keep wondering why people seem to think the three core 5E24 books were supposed to be this huge thing in the first place? As though...
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GreyLord reacted to Morrus's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
I haven’t watched the video but the short answer is: nobody knows, including the video maker. We can speculate all day long but without...
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GreyLord reacted to Argyle King's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
I think 2024 has struggled to establish a coherent identity. Purely anecdotal evidence on my part, but some things I've heard from...
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Ah. That would be just below Superman IIi.
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GreyLord reacted to tetrasodium's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
The ogl fiasco badly derailed the playtesting and did a lot of damage to the idea of meaningful change as opposed to "[many people]...
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GreyLord reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
I don't believe any of these videos one way or another. We don't have good numbers and sales are shifting to DndBeyond. Unless it...
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GreyLord reacted to Daddio67's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
I think there are a few factors in play. First, 5e 2014 benefitted from three external boosts: Stranger Things, Critical Role, and...
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GreyLord reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
I think the short answer is that people outside WoTC do not really know. From what I remember it is distributed on different channels...
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GreyLord reacted to danir's post in the thread D&D General Did 5e 2024 Not meet the economic goals set, and if not, why not? with Like.
From my local experience (local forum member and regional con organizer) People have mostly forgotten about the OGL issue. There is...