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Message: <blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 2729745" data-attributes="member: 6777">I think juxtaposing those two specific products is unfair. WotC produces consistently good, if not always great, products. Not to mention, all of the Eberron content has been designed and developed with the involvement of the WotC R&D staff. And despite possible failings in implementation, I don't see how, e.g., Incarnum, the environment books, or the upcoming alternate magic system products are any less innovative than most third-party products.This was one of the products everyone at the D&D sneak-peek seminar at GenCon were most excited about. Buying it is a no-brainer for me, while I'd have next to no interest in yet another campiagn setting. Heck, I want a feat compendium, too.Good thing WotC cares about making products people actually want to buy.It's well documented by people actually invovled with TSR at the time that, while not the only reason, the glut of settings being cranked out for D&D back then was indeed among the reasons for their financial problems. Saying that repeating these mistakes is a good idea for WotC is nonsensical.The fundamental problem with your rant is that it ignores d20 publishers. WotC does what it does best, and what makes good business sense: "core" products and two key settings (one of them the most popular RPG setting on earth). They may play it a little safer than d20 publishers becasue they have the integrity of the D&D brand riding on them. Thankfully, they do a very good job.If you want campiagn settings and adventurous, risky d20-bending products, head on over to Amazon.com, RPGnow, or the ENWorld gameStore and you'll find 1,058 of them.</blockquote>

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