Delay'd Launch or Errata

[Maggan]

Well, I'd sure like the books without any errors, but IME "well done" in this situation has a clear possibility of also meaning "never".

So I'll take the books when WotC decides they're done, and roll with the errors, like I've always done.

So the middle position for me.

/M

 

[BlueBlackRed]

Take a little extra time to do it right.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

If it was able to let me put into stasis for a few months or years, I'd be fine waiting. Since this is not possible, I want them to deliver on time.

Having written a diploma thesis, and developing a software program, I know that you will never feel really finished. There is always stuff to improve, adjust or tweak. There is a point where you just have to define being finished.

 

[Pinotage]

No errata would be nice, but that's never going to happen. So they might as well just ship it with a few errata later. I suspect that even at the moment they have WotC staff reading boards like ENWorld and taking things people have said back to R&D. Effectively the entire community is building what 4e will look like by what we say here. The designers are using us, which would hopefully iron out any issues. When the actual product ships, what is said here on these boards and others will help define the errata.

Still, errata is going to happen. I just hope that we don't end up with another 'can't trust the FAQ' or 'what's errata and what's not' debates that plagued 3e. Make it clear what you're delivering and what it is, and be speedy at it. Nobody likes to wait 6 months for errata.

Pinotage

 

[Li Shenron]

Guys, there is a difference between continuously refining something, and just have errata. A MSc/PhD thesis is NEVER finished from the refinement/revision point of view, but you can certainly finish cleaning up the typos and grammar errors! Which are the "errata" being discussed here, unlike revisions.

 

[glass]

Well, I'd sure like the books without any errors, but IME "well done" in this situation has a clear possibility of also meaning "never".

I agree, is you swap 'possibility' for 'absolute certainty'.

I voted for Pink in the Middle (which funnily enough, is also how I like my steak!).


glass.