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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cryptos" data-source="post: 4294599" data-attributes="member: 58439">The classes don't exist in a vacuum, I think that's important to remember.  They have to plan the release of products around the release of classes, with their current plan for "splatbooks."It's a fairly safe bet that they want to get the Arcane Power and Divine Power sourcebooks out there as soon as possible to get more options out on the core sources (to wizard players especially.)  They're already whipping out an article this month that will include more illusionist-based wizard spells, recognizing that a lot of people were unhappy with the wizard's power selection.Since new classes are supposed to only appear in PHBs and CPGs (Campaign Player's Guides) I think they're going to want to more or less "complete" the arcane and divine power sources by PHB2, and then put out both sourcebooks that year.  If not, they'll definitely go with Arcane first, then Divine in 2010.In addition to "completing" the arcane and divine sources, I think they also are starting to recognize they painted themselves into a corner a bit with the arcane and divine stuff by only have two classes out for each.  It seems clear they feel the need to expand arcane powers since that's the first Class Acts article they're doing in the month of release, as opposed to providing a partial write-up on one of the missing classes so that more people convert to the new edition.  They want to get more material out there quickly, but unless they change their production ideas around considerably, they have to wait to release the most of their planned arcane classes for maximum effect.  So I think with PHB2 they'll try to "complete" the Primal power source in one shot, as well.  That's a very long-winded way of saying that I think the Shaman is a given, and so we'll see Shaman, Barbarian, Druid, and one other from Primal, plus two divine and two arcane.I have a feeling that Psionics are getting pushed back a year, so that they can have a more or less full contingent of arcane, divine, and primal classes.  That gives them the opportunity to release three new power source splat books whenever they feel they're needed, rather than having to wait, if they see the need to expand on certain classes.</blockquote>

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