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They have a source listed in the article but it’s a Chinese site and I doubt anyone here has any idea how credible that site is. Is it possible that some Chinese news site watched Steven Glicker's Youtube video that has 31k views and either misunderstood it or just decided to lie and write an...

I remember noticing this in the very first playtest. WotC proposed a rule change where monsters couldn't crit yet didn't go into any detail on how they would change monster design if they made that change. Like would the monsters be designed to be more deadly so being able to crit would be...

Yes the OP misunderstood the video wasn't meant to be serious and was a critique of how 5E's magic users are pretty overpowered compared to older versions of D&D.

Yeah I work for a not for profit (which is different from a non profit) coop and man I don't know if I would ever want to work for a for profit company, especially a publically traded one.

It's a joke video, he's just reading off rules related to magic users from older versions of DND to criticize how powerful magic users are in 5E.

Yeah given how impressive the 3D VTT looks I'm sure Hasbro spent a ton on it and they're expecting it to make a lot of money for them, which means a lot of micro transactions. If the VTT doesn't do well it's hard to say what the future of DND is. I do see them scaling back if that happens.

I do think they'll still release the VTT but the pressure to deliver not only recurring revenue but likely microtransaction money from it is going to be high. Like you look at it and it's very clear that they're spending a ton of money on the VTT, it's being made in UE5 and likely has a lot of...

Yeah this Tweet from Dixon Dubow certainly imply the cuts are pretty deep:

Yeah it’s pretty clear they got friends at WotC. Heck one of them was one of the main rule designers of Pathfinder 2e and from what understand WotC hired a lot of Paizo employees over the past few years.

Yeah it’s been a horrible year for reducing staff and closing studios in the game industry.

Really too bad. I can’t say I’m surprised though despite WotC being one of the more profitable parts of Hasbro it probably would be difficult to cut such a huge amount of the work force without cutting some of the WotC employees. On a video game message board there’s someone that works at one...

No one should get upset over clickbait thumbnails, it's a game youtubers got to play to get more views on their videos.

Yeah it's pretty common for layoffs to hit in March, June, September and December due to financial quarters ending but it hits even harder in December.

Wizards has been building their VTT in Unreal Engine for years. If they switch over to Larian's custom engine used in BG3 it would likely delay the VTT launch by years. Edit: They would also then have 2 choices: Recreate the functionality of the current 3D VTT in Larian's engine (and if that's...

Yeah Valve is probably up there as one of the more profitable companies per employee in the US if not the world. Obviously we don't know for sure since Valve is a private company and keeps their finances a secret as they have a right to do but they only have like 350 employees (though they have...

I would guess it's probably a similar deal if Netflix has it in non US territories but I don't know for sure. Of course Paramount is getting paid but since it's a deal for first run movies who knows how the financial side of it works.

Honor Among Thieves being on Prime has nothing to do with the success or failure of the movie. Paramount and Amazon have a deal to bring their new movies to Prime a few months after Paramount Plus. I watched both Top Gun Maverick and Sonic 2 on Prime because of that deal.

I have to disagree to an extent on John Wick 4, if you look at the box office of that series it wasn't exactly hard to predict that 4 would be a hit on at least a similar level of 3 if it didn't do better, the series only did better and better with each entry and 3 was already fairly successful...

Yeah 2024 likely won't have as many big releases and it might have done better but it's hard to say what kind of deals Paramount had in place with their non Hasbro financiers for the film and some of their merchandise partners.

Yeah I'm sure Hasbro has high expectations for the VTT. It's very clear they're spending a ton of money on it and it will have a lot of ongoing costs, with them having to add new 5.5 content including I'm sure full adventures.