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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6672925" data-attributes="member: 92511">This sort of claim always confuses me. We see it related to classes, races, just about anything in the game that doesn't get a great big red &quot;OPTION&quot; stamp over top of it...and sometimes people refuse to acknowledge a topic's optional...-ity[?] even then.WotC putting out a regional book instead of a full setting at once does not &quot;force&quot; anyone to play or use or do ANYthing with that book or region. I do agree, organizationally, it seems an odd choice...but does have the benefit of presenting material in smaller, easily digestible (as seems all things in this culture must be now), chunks.And, you are correct about the waiting (which has also become a cultural taboo these days). But the only way to satisfy everyone would be releasing all regional journals all at the same time...and STILL there will be people upset because they want a different setting entirely or the region/city/NPC/thing they like about a setting best isn't given its &quot;due&quot; in their eyes.This is the same problem you'll find with a comprehensive single campaign setting prior to regions...people will claim they don't want/like/use the setting that was published and so another two years of releases of specific things within that world are ALL worthless to them...AND/OR you have the FANS of the setting upset because the thoroughness or completeness of their favorite elements are, inevitably, sacrificed (if not cut entirely) for sheer page count. Bottom line, there is NO satisfying everyone in D&amp;D on ANY possible topic.And no real, measurable, &quot;better&quot; way to introduce settings/regions. The whole campaign book would have a wider breadth of immediate utility...for those [of us] with the knowledge and skill to fish ideas and/or flesh things out as they choose. Generations of others will lament the books uselessness because it doesn't tell them every minute detail and rule, exactly, as they &quot;need&quot; to conceive something.So, is the full setting really &quot;better&quot; for the largest number of people? Maybe...Maybe not. I don't see how there is a discernible answer beyond &quot;I like &lt;one way or the other&gt; 'better.'&quot;I personally, (and am looking at it for my World of Orea) would probably lean toward full setting book first, with smaller -possibly PDF only- gazeteer style things in quick succession to &quot;zoom in&quot; to different regions for details.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6672925, member: 92511"] This sort of claim always confuses me. We see it related to classes, races, just about anything in the game that doesn't get a great big red "OPTION" stamp over top of it...and sometimes people refuse to acknowledge a topic's optional...-ity[?] even then. WotC putting out a regional book instead of a full setting at once does not "force" anyone to play or use or do ANYthing with that book or region. I do agree, organizationally, it seems an odd choice...but does have the benefit of presenting material in smaller, easily digestible (as seems all things in this culture must be now), chunks. And, you are correct about the waiting (which has also become a cultural taboo these days). But the only way to satisfy everyone would be releasing all regional journals all at the same time...and STILL there will be people upset because they want a different setting entirely or the region/city/NPC/thing they like about a setting best isn't given its "due" in their eyes. This is the same problem you'll find with a comprehensive single campaign setting prior to regions...people will claim they don't want/like/use the setting that was published and so another two years of releases of specific things within that world are ALL worthless to them...AND/OR you have the FANS of the setting upset because the thoroughness or completeness of their favorite elements are, inevitably, sacrificed (if not cut entirely) for sheer page count. Bottom line, there is NO satisfying everyone in D&D on ANY possible topic. And no real, measurable, "better" way to introduce settings/regions. The whole campaign book would have a wider breadth of immediate utility...for those [of us] with the knowledge and skill to fish ideas and/or flesh things out as they choose. Generations of others will lament the books uselessness because it doesn't tell them every minute detail and rule, exactly, as they "need" to conceive something. So, is the full setting really "better" for the largest number of people? Maybe...Maybe not. I don't see how there is a discernible answer beyond "I like <one way or the other> 'better.'" I personally, (and am looking at it for my World of Orea) would probably lean toward full setting book first, with smaller -possibly PDF only- gazeteer style things in quick succession to "zoom in" to different regions for details. [/QUOTE]

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