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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 6624408" data-attributes="member: 2525">Here is why a faster release schedule is bad for my game and/or me:1) It puts me in an uncomfortable position when one of my players buys a new book and wants an option from that book that I am not sure I want in my game.&nbsp; I don't know how it will work with our setting, with all the other things that player already has on their character, with the abilities of the other characters in the group, with my adventure, etc..&nbsp; So now I need to make a decision between telling my player no and disappointing them, or telling them yes and having a problem later.&nbsp; I don't like being put in that position to begin with - and fewer books means it happens less.2) The faster the release schedule the less playtesting that happens for everything, and the less able everyone who works at the D&amp;D department is able to keep track of how everything works with everything else.&nbsp; The more there is, the lower the quality in general, given their existing staff.&nbsp; This harms my games, because what I do buy and use will not be as good.3) The faster the release schedule, the more pressure on the company to support those new releases in adventures and other things they publish.&nbsp; Recently Paizo put out an adventure path that directly referenced 13 different splat books in the adventure.&nbsp; And sure, you can access those things online, if you are willing to go dig them up, but you shouldn't have to.&nbsp; You should not be in a position, as a DM, to be familiar with 13 different additional non-core books to run an adventure path.&nbsp; That's evidence that the more you publish, the more pressure on the company to support those publications with everything else you publish.&nbsp; Paizo executives have said that pressure exists - that they feel the need to offer that support for the new publications with their adventures.&nbsp; I imagine WOTC executives feel the same way.4) I am a collector - and it is hard for me to resist buying everything WOTC puts out.&nbsp; But I have a family now and I cannot really afford it.&nbsp; So the slower release schedule helps me resist buying too much.Those are some reasons off the top of my head why a faster release schedule is bad for me - even if I don't use any of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 6624408, member: 2525"] Here is why a faster release schedule is bad for my game and/or me: 1) It puts me in an uncomfortable position when one of my players buys a new book and wants an option from that book that I am not sure I want in my game. I don't know how it will work with our setting, with all the other things that player already has on their character, with the abilities of the other characters in the group, with my adventure, etc.. So now I need to make a decision between telling my player no and disappointing them, or telling them yes and having a problem later. I don't like being put in that position to begin with - and fewer books means it happens less. 2) The faster the release schedule the less playtesting that happens for everything, and the less able everyone who works at the D&D department is able to keep track of how everything works with everything else. The more there is, the lower the quality in general, given their existing staff. This harms my games, because what I do buy and use will not be as good. 3) The faster the release schedule, the more pressure on the company to support those new releases in adventures and other things they publish. Recently Paizo put out an adventure path that directly referenced 13 different splat books in the adventure. And sure, you can access those things online, if you are willing to go dig them up, but you shouldn't have to. You should not be in a position, as a DM, to be familiar with 13 different additional non-core books to run an adventure path. That's evidence that the more you publish, the more pressure on the company to support those publications with everything else you publish. Paizo executives have said that pressure exists - that they feel the need to offer that support for the new publications with their adventures. I imagine WOTC executives feel the same way. 4) I am a collector - and it is hard for me to resist buying everything WOTC puts out. But I have a family now and I cannot really afford it. So the slower release schedule helps me resist buying too much. Those are some reasons off the top of my head why a faster release schedule is bad for me - even if I don't use any of it. [/QUOTE]

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