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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sunshadow21" data-source="post: 6299635" data-attributes="member: 6667193"><p>The problem is will be vs what is now. Other things may be in production, but Next is going to be the first thing to hit the market, and if Next is not at least mildly successful, than the rest is going to have a much harder time. Novels and boardgames are already out there, and are basically their own brand with their identity, so don't help a whole lot with the core brand. I get that eventually in order to grow that the rpg must move away from the center, but they are not there yet, and won't be for be for a while. So for now, yes it does have to be the center of the brand and yes it does have to compete with Pathfinder. That is the crux of the matter that I am not certain that WotC understands, or that matter has ever understood; in order to get where they want to be, they first have to successfully manage the immediate challenges. To me, it seems like they can do either long term strategy well, and have poor immediate product, or have a good product with no clear vision of what to do with it. If they can change that with Next, where they have a good immediate product with solid and clear long term support, than the day will come when the rpg is no longer at the center, but a successful and well supported Next is key to reaching that long term goal, and the recent past is not entirely encouraging on that point.</p></blockquote><p></p>