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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trickster Spirit" data-source="post: 7666542" data-attributes="member: 6701829">That's pretty much my read of the situation. I think they very much are looking to have 5E be an evergreen edition - in essence trading cyclical booming sales of new core books for slower book sales with minimal overhead spent on . They're likely banking on the non-RPG components of the brand (tie-in board games, video games, merchandise, and movie rights) bringing in more than they'd make on splatbooks after all is said and done.If you're not going to be satisfied with the current release rate (Unearthed Arcana articles / biannual adventure paths and an accompanying player's option hardcover or PDF), that's not good news. But what's interesting is your point about an evolving "core game". They've talked about a living ruleset, but in your own view, where does the cut-off occur? Core book reprints with any changes beyond typo fixes? With everything other than "Basic" being "non-core" in 5E, it's hard for me to see much of a distinction between changes to the system and additions to the system. Does something like the spell-less Ranger archetype they just released constitute an "evolving core"? What about the Warforged in January's Unearthed Arcana? If so, how is that any different from the Aasimar example race in the DMG? At some point, the books simply can't hold everything that they could have published. Is something automatically "non-Core" just because it didn't make the page count?Like SkidAce, I agree with the central thrust of your argument - that there are more productive avenues for getting Wizards' attention - but to be fair, <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?435509-Blast-From-the-Past-Earliest-D-amp-DN-Panels&p=6575681&viewfull=1#post6575681" target="_blank">Mearls posted here last week</a>. So it's not exactly inconceivable that they'd be aware of the fan arguments being posted here. Of course, if they've any wisdom whatsoever, they'll ignore everything they read online - never, ever trust a source's argument based on how vocal they are about it. They've got hard sales info and the ability to gather detailed survey feedback about how to best move forward, that's what should they should listen to.</blockquote>

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