D&D Miniatures retirement of sets

[SavageRobby]

I agree. In searching for this I found out they said they would consider a second "wave" of updates if there was demand. No idea about any details beyond that.

I wouldn't count on that, though. Chainmail equivalences are a sore spot for many. They were allegedly "promised" early on (I haven't seen the actual text of that myself), but last I checked it had been a fair number of sets since any were released. I see a second wave of updates falling into the same category. And honestly (not considering promises made) I can't see why they would; why waste resources on product they're not producing anymore?

 

[Zaukrie]

I agree with savagerobby - I doubt we'll get a second wave. That first wave better be priced right minis cost wise.

 

[Glyfair]

And honestly (not considering promises made) I can't see why they would; why waste resources on product they're not producing anymore?

Even from just a completely mercenary point-of-view, community goodwill.

Thinking about this, I don't see them doing a second set if it's just a lot of cries for "release more old figure stats." What I think might do this is if, after the all-star set has seen play, they get a lot of cries for specific figures not included in the all-star set.

If they can satisfy a good percentage of their customer base by expanding a limited number of figures in a second all-star set they will do it. Based on the current DDM discussions, I think what we'd see after a second all-star set would be cries to do a third, then a fourth, etc.

WotC would have to take time away from designing new figures and it just wouldn't be practical. If they decided to gradually do every figure then by the time they finish they'd be doing figures that a large majority of their audience would have no access to.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I think they should call for fan-made conversions and than make the best ones official. I could see that producing decent stat cards for a large number of figures pretty quickly.

 

[Glyfair]

I think they should call for fan-made conversions and than make the best ones official. I could see that producing decent stat cards for a large number of figures pretty quickly.

The thing is, I don't think that saves them much time. Much more time goes into checking designs for balance then actually coming up with the initial designs. They still have to run them through the ringer.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

The thing is, I don't think that saves them much time. Much more time goes into checking designs for balance then actually coming up with the initial designs. They still have to run them through the ringer.

Let people vote. Or get some of the more savvy players do a first review, and encourage people to playtest the stats.

 

[Glyfair]

Let people vote. Or get some of the more savvy players do a first review, and encourage people to playtest the stats.

Even if that could work (and I believe you'd have a big mess), the "people" don't have enough information.

Does this ability cause problems with this future metagame piece? Will we have too many of these types of figures coming out in the next 2 sets? Game designers know enough to consider that, "people" don't.

 

[blargney the second]

I suspect that simple non-techy pieces, ie your basic beatsticks, would be relatively fast and easy to convert. It's the special abilities that are wonky.