D&D 5E D&D strategy: now actually makes sense!

[Ath'kethin]

I only trust Rotten Tomatoes for my D&D product review needs.

I was going to make a joke about preferring Yelp for reviews, and on a lark I decided to check and see if there were any Yelp reviews for D&D. This is what my Google search revealed:

http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Yelp_(3.5e_Creature)

I have nothing more to add.

 

[TwoSix]

I was going to make a joke about preferring Yelp for reviews, and on a lark I decided to check and see if there were any Yelp reviews for D&D. This is what my Google search revealed:

http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Yelp_(3.5e_Creature)

I have nothing more to add.

"Yelp! I need somebody,
Yelp! Not just anybody.
Yelp! You know I need someone, yelp."

 

[SkidAce]

"Yelp! I need somebody,
Yelp! Not just anybody.
Yelp! You know I need someone, yelp."

That would have been funnier "when I was younger, so much younger than today..."

 

[jayoungr]

True, but a little more openness along the road wouldn't have hurt. Aside from a few tip-of-the-slongues, the DMGuild and OGL were essentially blind-sides to the larger community. A little more "Dragon+ isn't a place to get new game rules, but we are working on something" type of retorts, rather than silence, might have calmed nerves down a bit more.

They did say "We're working on it" for things like the conversion guides, and that didn't stop people from complaining that they weren't available NOW. If they had hinted that they had this in the works, I think we'd actually be hearing a lot more "FINALLY, after A YEAR AND A HALF, what TOOK them so LONG?"--rather than "Oh cool, this is a great idea!"

 

[TerraDave]

They did say "We're working on it" for things like the conversion guides, and that didn't stop people from complaining that they weren't available NOW. If they had hinted that they had this in the works, I think we'd actually be hearing a lot more "FINALLY, after A YEAR AND A HALF, what TOOK them so LONG?"--rather than "Oh cool, this is a great idea!"

I can't come up with a counter-argument.

 

[Umbran]

True, but a little more openness along the road wouldn't have hurt. Aside from a few tip-of-the-slongues, the DMGuild and OGL were essentially blind-sides to the larger community. A little more "Dragon+ isn't a place to get new game rules, but we are working on something" type of retorts, rather than silence, might have calmed nerves down a bit more.

As others have noted, more would have people chomping at the bit and complaining about how long it took, which I don't think would really have been a win.

There is an old adage: under-promise and over-deliver. Keeping people with moderate expectations means that when you deliver more, they are pleasantly surprised.

But, really, one of the WotC crew (I can't remember which) told us, *ages* ago, that they were going OGL. Since he wasn't Mearls, everyone took it with a grain of salt. They did speak of setting up a system for sharing of fan content, too, which game me the impression as something more than mere policy. I admit I am surprised (and pleased) that they went OGL, and I figured they'd end up with some half-baked proprietary setup for sharing - I am glad they instead went with an established provider of pdfs.

 

[lowkey13]

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