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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 6554703" data-attributes="member: 6716779">Mistwell why do you think 5E has bveen out 3 months? Using that logic 1E came out in 1979 not 1977. The 40 anniversary was for OD&amp;D not book 7 of OD&amp;D. 5E has been out 8 months. The problem with AP type adventures is not everyone likes APs and the idea of quality over quantity has not panned out yet as HotDQ is actually a bad adventure. APs are also a bit 2002 they have been around 13 years and WoTC still has not produced or published a good one. &nbsp;Online support while cute but there is not that much of it and we had that back in 3.0 as well circa 2001/2002 and we had more of it than 5E. &nbsp;But its the brand we just need one good movie&quot;. Even if they get the rights sorted out a movie would still be at least a year away maybe 2 and they have been trying to get a breakthrough movie since the 80's. Hell D&amp;D editions have been cycling faster than some movie development times. In any even not that interested in a D&amp;D t-shirt, have not seen any D&amp;D toys over here not that I want them either. &nbsp;We had 20 years of Dungeon, we have had 7 years of monthly AP support from Paizo, WoTC still can't make good adventures and with no Dungeon there is no new blood in terms of adventure designers coming through and WoTC has fired all of the good adventure designers. Paizo RPG superstar has more or less replaced Dungeon I suppose in terms of new talent.&nbsp;Hell quite a few of the good adventures being made these days for 5E are made by veterans of AD&amp;D. Skip Williams, Ed Greenwood for example wrote some of the Quests of Doom Adventures. Christina Styles, Mike Mearls, Wolfgang Bauer all used to submit for Dungeon. Even Monte Cook can write a good adventure.&nbsp; The names are more or less the same when 3.0 launched they just do not work for WoTC any more. &nbsp;Its that interruption of continuity I think that has got D&amp;D to where it is now. Take away the marketing spin and with 6-8 staffers left (3.0 had 50) and it is no wonder they can't produce anything faster. I do not see it as a good thing just the last hurrah.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 6554703, member: 6716779"] Mistwell why do you think 5E has bveen out 3 months? Using that logic 1E came out in 1979 not 1977. The 40 anniversary was for OD&D not book 7 of OD&D. 5E has been out 8 months. The problem with AP type adventures is not everyone likes APs and the idea of quality over quantity has not panned out yet as HotDQ is actually a bad adventure. APs are also a bit 2002 they have been around 13 years and WoTC still has not produced or published a good one. Online support while cute but there is not that much of it and we had that back in 3.0 as well circa 2001/2002 and we had more of it than 5E. But its the brand we just need one good movie". Even if they get the rights sorted out a movie would still be at least a year away maybe 2 and they have been trying to get a breakthrough movie since the 80's. Hell D&D editions have been cycling faster than some movie development times. In any even not that interested in a D&D t-shirt, have not seen any D&D toys over here not that I want them either. We had 20 years of Dungeon, we have had 7 years of monthly AP support from Paizo, WoTC still can't make good adventures and with no Dungeon there is no new blood in terms of adventure designers coming through and WoTC has fired all of the good adventure designers. Paizo RPG superstar has more or less replaced Dungeon I suppose in terms of new talent. Hell quite a few of the good adventures being made these days for 5E are made by veterans of AD&D. Skip Williams, Ed Greenwood for example wrote some of the Quests of Doom Adventures. Christina Styles, Mike Mearls, Wolfgang Bauer all used to submit for Dungeon. Even Monte Cook can write a good adventure. The names are more or less the same when 3.0 launched they just do not work for WoTC any more. Its that interruption of continuity I think that has got D&D to where it is now. Take away the marketing spin and with 6-8 staffers left (3.0 had 50) and it is no wonder they can't produce anything faster. I do not see it as a good thing just the last hurrah. [/QUOTE]

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