Do you agree with WotC selling errata?

[Jürgen Hubert]

Steve Jackson Games does it right. They maintain errata pages for every single GURPS book they have published and in which errors have been found. Furthermore, they link to the relevant errata directly from the appropriate product page.

They don't pretend their books are perfect. But when they mistakes, they do their best to clean up on them.

 

[billd91]

I would prefer that WotC sell their errata, then they would have a reason to double check it.

I wouldn't. It should be free. It should represent their commitment to quality control.

That said, I sure don't see the Spell Compendium and the other books listed as errata.

 

[Raven Crowking]

Assuming, of course, that WotC is an evil corporation run by scheming villans.

No. Only assuming that WotC is motivated by maximizing profit through maximizing sales.

 

[Seeker95]

Waaaa.
<stomp my feet>
<wave my fist>
<cry to the gods>
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[Raven Crowking]

they will do the best job they can on the initial product

and

If you do errata for free, then there is no reason to invest any serious time or effort into it.

would be weird if they were both true. One one hand, WotC is going to do the best job they can to make the sale prior to release (even though a certain amount of error will not retard sales) but, on the other hand, WotC is going to do lackluster errata after release unless they can increase profit by increasing sales.

Bizarro Land.

Why can't we assume a consistent goal and effort of production?

 

[Seeker95]

I'm abstaining from voting in your poll: it is a misleading question not cogent to the topic of your post.

The post is not cogent to the topic of the post.

 

[Shadeydm]

Your sense of entitlement is overwhelming, and off-putting. I would prefer that WotC sell their errata, then they would have a reason to double check it.

Yes clearly they did a great job double checking the Spell Compendium. /snicker

WotC's productions vales have continued to decline in recent years, basic grammar and spelling have become more and more difficult for thier editors. And for the folks who redesigned the game mechanics and all, is it too much to ask that they at least get 50% of the stat blocks correct? (Which by the way they do not even manage 50%.)

 

[Arashi Ravenblade]

No WoTC should not charge for errata. However, I would like at some point that errata published in a book in some form.

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

The value of a book like Spell Compendium is that all your spells are in 1 book, not the revised ruling of said spells. That said, if you were going to have a Spell Compendium, it only makes sense to incorporate the errata.

QFT

 

[Raven Crowking]

Assuming, of course, that WotC is an evil corporation run by scheming villans.

May I also note that, in the post to which you were responding, I (as did several others) pointed out that WotC isn't selling their errata. They may be selling packaged information, but any info in the SRD & available free on their website can hardly be considered info you have to buy.

Hence, your attempt at playing the "evil corporation/scheming villians" card falls more than a little flat.


RC