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I am going to ask again, If they do call it 5.5, and in a few years they decide to release another revised 5e, what can they call it?

I think the cost is the issue. Until the huge spike in players with 5e, I just don't think there were enough players to make the investment worth while.

There is a huge difference in how WotC used it in 3.5 and how it is commonly understood and used in the software industry. It's that WotC chose to start with 3.5 instead of 3.1 like it should be if you want to indicate an iterative change. 3.5 is 3 and a half. It indicates that should be half...

I sorry if I came across that way. I didn't intend to. I wasn't so much talking about the Idea of playing on a VTT, but rather the various software and internet issues that I experienced when actually trying to use them. My experience with them has involved a lot of fiddling and trial and...

I am not quite sure what you are asking, but if it was about the palladium taking donation to stay afloat, it's true. I don't remember all the details, but if I remember correctly, about 10 years ago, there were accusations that an employee stole a bunch of sci-fi memorabilia that were in the...

Thats true, but they publish a lot more than just RPGs, they also sell lots of board and card games as well. If they had to rely of sales of GURPS to keep them afloat they would probably not still be around. I think that Munchkin is doing a lot of the heavy lifting here. I also realized that...

I would like to say I am no longer that munchkin. I have grown up, and realized more how that sort of munchkinism affects the play experience and enjoyment of other players and the DM, but deep down there is still that min-maxing munchkin some were inside. ;)

I have to agree. It comes across as less advocating for what you want, and more as advocating that other people should not get what they want, just because you don't like it. We are all pushing for what we like, but pushing for other people not getting what they like, just reads as selfish and...

15 year old munchkin me loved how broken and easy to min-max Skills and Powers was. Play a cleric who drops every spell school except for necromancy (for heals) and your choice of 1 other for some damage spells. The extra points you get lets you have better attacks and defenses than a fighter!

It may not match you exact definition of backwards compatibility, but it certainly matches mine. Its not like "Backwards Compatibility" is a technical term with a defined definition. Just because WotC is using a definition that doesn't match yours, it doesn't mean that the are "lying" to us.

Truthfully developing RPGs is a horrible business to be in. The truth is that RPGs are just an incredibly cheap hobby. Once someone has bought the core books for a system, there really isn't anything more you actually need. You could maybe buy one or two adventures per year, but lots of...

The preference for a .5 edition is also personal preference. The difference is those of arguing against a .5 edition aren't accusing WotC of lying and trying to trick us. If you think 5.5 is a better name, fine, I am not going to ague with someone about their personal preference. Where I have...

That is a really good point. The 3.0 to 3.5 really did end up killing a lot a hobby stores by sticking them with a glut of unsold 3e books that no one wanted to buy.

It was used for 5 years, from 2003 until 2008 when 4e came out. When 4e had a revised edition they didn't call it 4.5e, it was essentials. How is it misleading exactly? The change from 5e to OneD&D is actually bigger than the changes from 1e to 2e, so it must be 6e right? The point I have...

You aren't insisting they use 5.5, just saying if they don't they are lying and trying to trick us. What even is a "half edition"? Again, it was a term used ONE time 20 years ago. Why is that automatically the correct term to use?

It's not like a .5 edition is an industry standard term. It was used one time, twenty years ago. Why insist they must use that term? The .5 designation is actually more confusing than any other term. If someone was not playing D&D when 3.5 came out, it really doesn't even make sense. The...

Why do you insist that that the naming convention that the used once twenty years ago the only acceptable name? Also using 5.5 is also just a "gimmick that they designed to keep from calling it an edition change" too. I don't understand why you thing 5.5 is just being honest but 5e revised is...

Why should WotC wait until they start losing money before they raise their prices? Already based on inflation WotC is making around 10 dollars less per book. $50 today is around $40 when 5e was first released. I am sanguine about the price raise because it is no more than the price raise...

Buying 2e books was not contributing to the health of TSR. When a company is selling books at a loss, buying books from them actually puts them further in the hole.

I never said they are now, but inflations is still rising. It won't take to many years before they are. I was mostly just criticizing your idea that as long as WotC is still making a profit (even if it is just 1 cent per book), that raising there prices at all is greedy and evil.